Limerick school sending small fridges and food to families living in emergency accommodation

School pricipal said that in her 26 years teaching in a Deis school, parents' stories now are the most desperate

Traci Tobin, principal, St Michael’s Infant School, Limerick City and member of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation’s Central Executive Committee, with Naomi Feely, Children's Rights Alliance Senior Research and Policy Manager.

A primary school in Limerick is so worried about hungry pupils from homeless families it is lending small fridges to improve access to food, the principal told an event on child poverty. 

Traci Tobin, principal of St Michael’s Infant School in Limerick City, said in her 26 years teaching in a Deis school, parents' stories now are the most desperate, thanks to “a huge increase” in homelessness.