Clare TD goes back to school to help struggling substitution cover

Fianna Fáil TD, Cathal Crowe, stepped in as a special education teacher at a school in his constituency which struggled to find a substitute

Cathal Crowe: 'I have been aware of the crisis in terms of substitute cover.' File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A Fianna Fáil TD went back to class as a teacher “as a last resort” to help out a school struggling to source substitution cover.

Cathal Crowe, a former mayor of Clare, stepped in as a special education teacher (SET) at a school in his constituency last week to help out when it couldn’t find a substitute.