Hundreds of secondary schools remain shut as TUI continue with 'last resort' strike

Hundreds of secondary schools remain shut as a result of a nationwide strike which has impacted 200,000 students.

In what has been described by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) president Seamus Lahart as a "last resort", almost 20,000 educators from 400 schools are continuing to strike over what they describe as an ongoing failure to eliminate pay discrimination within the teaching profession.