Teachers have 'grave safety concerns' about schools reopening

INTO president Mary Magner: 'We have heard the concerns of teachers in recent days and, while teachers across the country are keen to get back to the classroom, they are scared.' Picture: Gareth Chaney

Doubts have been cast over the partial reopening of schools this week after the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) called on the Department of Education to reconsider plans to resume in-school special education this Thursday. 

Following an emergency meeting of the union’s central executive committee, the union said teachers' “grave safety concerns” had not been adequately addressed by public health or by Government.