Talks to end disruption at secondary schools continue

Meetings to end disruption in secondary schools have been continuing over the past week between the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) and Department of Education.

The process began eight days ago when Teachers’ Conciliation Council (TCC) chairperson Anna Perry invited the parties to talks, after several weeks of meetings failed to find a resolution.

Industrial action by ASTI on two issues saw more than 200,000 students lose several days of classes at over 500 schools in the past three weeks. But the conciliation process prompted it to suspend those actions, which included two one-day strikes either side of the mid-term break. Talks may continue until the end of the month.