Open windows and Arctic temperatures endured in Irish classrooms

Special needs assistant Deborah Knott: The State-provided CO2 monitors 'go red if we even pull the blinds down over the windows when it’s too bright'.

In the last couple of weeks, Ireland has made its traditional move from mild autumnal weather to a full-on winter freeze.

It is part and parcel of being Irish, ordinarily matched by a collective move indoors and a ratcheting up of the thermostat.