Teachers and older students must wear face coverings - HSE

Norma Foley: Working with health authorities to ensure that the advice underpinning the safe reopening of schools is fully up to date.

Teachers and older students will be required to wear face coverings in the classroom when schools return, under official health advice issued yesterday evening. 

Updated guidelines from the HSE's Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) now require the wearing of face coverings in schools, similar to those worn in shops or on public transport, when a two-metre distance cannot be kept.