All third-level teaching should be online until 2021, says students' union

Colleges and universities should not resume face-to-face teaching, bar essential classes, until after Christmas, according to the Union of Students Ireland.

Colleges and universities should not resume face-to-face teaching, bar essential classes, until after Christmas and students should be offered refunds if they wish to leave their accommodation.

That’s according to the Union of Students Ireland (USI) which has called for a decision to be made on whether or not the majority of third-level tuition will remain online for the remainder of the semester “sooner rather than later.”