Escape from homeschooling is a best-in-class feeling for thousands of students

Third-class pupils Darragh, Tylor, and Alex having a chat in the yard in front of a mural of famous past pupils at the North Monastery Primary School in Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

“It's fantastic getting back, it really is.” 

That's according to Colin Daly, the deputy principal of the North Monastery Primary School in Cork, as older pupils returned to their classrooms nationwide yesterday.