'Teachers can't afford to live in areas where they teach,' INTO congress hears

Delegates hold up cards with messages for Education Minister, Norma Foley, at  the Irish National Teachers' Organisation's annual congress in Killarney yesterday. Picture: Moya Nolan

Calls to tackle housing and teacher shortages, and pledges to address shortfalls in key staff dominated the agenda on day two of the annual Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) congress in Killarney. 

As Education Minister Norma Foley took to the stage to address the hundreds of gathered teachers, several delegates held signs above their heads, reading ‘Teachers can’t afford the rent’, ‘Build Social and Affordable Housing’, and ‘Níl aon tintean ag 11,000’.