Martin to resign teaching position

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has confirmed he will resign his teaching position at the end of this academic year.

Mr Martin said this morning that he will not be going back to teaching, and he made the decision last year.

"I've been very clear about this and I've said this on public record already - I will not be going back to teaching," Mr Martin said.

"I will be resigning my post after this academic year."

However, he added, "the person who has the job at the moment will lose the job."

"That's the only consequence of that (decision) - a person loses their job if I do that."

It follows confirmation yesterday from Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny that he will not now take up his own teacher's pension.