Minister hails 'extraordinary' welcome in Irish schools for Ukrainian children

Education Minister Norma Foley with AMCSS/JMB  president Deirdre Matthews and general secretary John Curtis at the AMCSS/ JMB annual conference in Killarney. Picture: Don MacMonagle

The welcome in Irish schools for Ukrainian children “has been nothing short of extraordinary", Education Minister Norma Foley told Catholic school principals at their annual conference in Killarney on Thursday.

Just short of 4,000 schoolgoing children and teenagers have arrived in Ireland, and are at a variety of institutions, including both co-educational and single-sex schools. However, some have not felt able to join the school system yet.