Nearly two-thirds of schools short-staffed in some areas, warn principals 

IPPN chief executive Páiric Clerkin said that school leaders are managing a staffing crisis, as well as a lack of resources for children’s mental health and special educational needs

Schools should receive advance applications from children who have a recommendation for a placement in a special class or school two years before they start school.

That is among the calls from primary school principals as the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) annual conference gets underway in Killarney.