Secondary school teachers to strike for seven days

Second-level teachers' union the ASTI is to hold seven days of strike action between now and December, it was announced this evening.

Hundreds of secondary schools will be forced to close on seven days over the next two months as teachers strike over a long-running pay row.

The Association of Secondary Teachers' of Ireland (ASTI) said its members would stage a series of one day stoppages culmintaing in a two day walk-out in December.