Lack of teachers sees system in 'crisis mode'

16-11-2023: Primary school principals Brid Quinlivan, Ardfinan, County Tipperary, Yvonne Uí Fhlaithimhín, Clashmore, NS Waterford and Claire Molloy, Scoil Mhuire, Newcastle, County Tipperary pictured at the IPPN conference in The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney on Thursday. Picture: Don MacMonagle

“We are in crisis mode with the lack of teachers,” primary school principal Niamh Cronin said between sessions at the Irish Primary Principals’ Network’s annual conference in Killarney.

“We are operating in a broken system."