Two-day extension to schools' Christmas holidays ruled out

A proposal to add two days to the school holidays, meaning schools would finish the term on Friday, December 18 instead of Tuesday, December 22 was floated by Labour's education spokesman Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.

A proposal to extend the school Christmas holidays by two days in recognition of the “exhaustion in the system” has been ruled out for now by the Minister for Education.

Norma Foley appeared before the Oireachtas education committee on Tuesday along with Josepha Madigan, Minister of State for Inclusion.