Department of Education to meet unions amid concerns over rising Covid cases

The INTO teachers union will meet with govenrment representatives to discuss further public health supports to keep schools safe as Covid cases continue to rise.

The Department of Education is to meet with teaching union officials tomorrow amid the ongoing high daily numbers of Covid cases.

It comes as a primary school in Wexford is to open its doors today for students after it closed for in-person learning this week when upwards of 30 cases of Covid were reported in the school.