'I don't bear physical scars but I have psychological ones': Teachers demand assault leave review

Daniel Howard, Dublin North West Branch, addresses the ASTI 100th Annual Convention, Clayton Hotel, Cork. Picture: Gerard McCarthy Photography

Second-level teachers are to demand a review of assault leave to ensure teachers who are psychologically scarred by online, homophobic, or sexist abuse from their students are protected under law.

A motion passed unanimously on Wednesday morning at the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) annual congress will see the union press the Department of Education for a change to the current health and safety legislation for assaulted teachers.