Irish Examiner view: No one should be back at school

Allowing 60,000 Leaving Cert students to return is a health risk

Surely, we can devise a better way, in the midst of this pandemic, that allows schools to remain closed and the country to be made safer. Photo: Larry Cummins

THE further escalation of Covid-19 restrictions was all but inevitable, with the Irish College of General Practitioners' spokesperson, Dr Mary Favier, warning that "the worst is yet to come" as regards hospitalisations. 

Among the more stringent measures is the delaying of the reopening of schools. This will, of course, be hard on parents, teachers and, especially, students.