Schools 'living on a shoestring' as underfunding now at crisis level

Delegates at the Irish National Teachers' Organisation annual congress in Derry. Picture: Moya Nolan

The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) annual congress has called for capitation funding for primary and special schools to be brought in line with that paid to voluntary secondary schools.

Deirdre Mooney, a Longford delegate, told how schools depend on parent kindness and support.