Third day of pickets by school secretaries and caretakers

Harry Mooney, St Columba's NS, Douglas; Sean Carroll, St Marys School, Rochestown; and Ken Jordan, St Columba's NS, taking part in the Fórsa caretakers' and secretaries' rally at the Department of Public Expenditure. Pickets on schools continue for a third day on Monday. Picture: Conor McCabe

Schools across the country will be subject to pickets by secretaries and caretakers on Monday, marking their third day of strike action to secure public sector pensions and other entitlements.

More than 2,600 school secretaries and caretakers will take to picket lines again after representatives from the Fórsa trade union expressed disappointment at what they describe as a lack of engagement from the government.