Calls to extend specialist counsellor project to post-primary level

There have been calls to extend a pilot project that will provide students with access to specialist counsellors to a post-primary level (David Jones/PA)

There have been calls to extend a pilot project that will provide students with access to specialist counsellors to a post-primary level.

The Government announced it will invest €5m in piloting a programme of counselling supports for primary school children.