INTO calls for more primary school funding

The union representing most of Ireland's primary school teachers has warned the Government that more funding must be provided for many school buildings.

The Irish National Teachers' Organisation has published a list of 40 schools which it claims are well below adequate safety standards, with some of them vermin-infested and overcrowded.

INTO President Donal O'Loinsigh said that 75% of the substandard schools on the list do not even have proper toilet facilities.

He referred to one particular gaelscoil in Kildare which has a single toilet for 48 children.