School secretaries to strike over low pay and conditions

School secretaries protesting outside Leinster House in January when they held a one-day strike. Picture: Conor Healy
School secretaries are to strike later this month in a long-standing dispute related to insecure employment and low pay.
Approximately 1,000 schools and the Department of Education next week are to be served with notices of industrial action following an escalation in the continued dispute.