Leaving Cert plans 'premature', according to opposition parties 

Sinn Féin education spokesperson Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire accused the Government of cobbling together its plan to conduct the Leaving Certificate as normal this year.  Picture: Darragh Kane

Plans to allow Leaving Certificate students back to school have been dubbed "premature" and "cobbled together" by the opposition.

Opposition parties have also called on the Government to get testing and tracing back up and running, and have hit out at the new increased international travel restrictions which they say do not go far enough.