The Health Service Executive is investigating a case of swine flu in a pupil at a national school in Castlebar, County Mayo.The child concerned is seven years old and in first class. She is being treated at home and is responding well to that treatment. RTÉ News is reporting that the majority of parents in the school, Breaffy NS just outside Castlebar, have already withdrawn their children.
More than 300 children are on the school roll but parents have been collecting their children from school all morning and bringing them home.
