Loneliness of principals in one-teacher schools 'worse than a long-distance's runner's'

The loneliness of a long-distance runner is nothing compared to the isolation and fear experienced by the principal of a one-teacher school, the INTO annual congress has heard.

Loneliness of principals in one-teacher schools 'worse than a long-distance's runner's'

The loneliness of a long-distance runner is nothing compared to the isolation and fear experienced by the principal of a one-teacher school, the INTO annual congress has heard.

South Galway principal Pádraig Lohan (49) told delegates how he had to give his older pupils the code for the school mobile phone in case of an emergency after his school lost its second teacher in 2014.

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