North Clare teachers express opposition to cuts

Teachers in North Clare are demanding the Irish National Teacher's Organisation (INTO) take all necessary steps including industrial action to force the government to keep its commitment to reduce class sizes.

The plea is one of 13 motions set to be debated at the National Teachers Annual Congress taking place in Letterkenny this week. INTO members in North Clare have condemned the government for failing to implement agreed reduction in class sizes and staff schedules, according to Clare FM News.

More than 800 INTO delegates will discuss the problems at their annual conference this week.

North Clare teachers express opposition to cuts

Teachers in North Clare are demanding the Irish National Teacher's Organisation (INTO) take all necessary steps including industrial action to force the government to keep its commitment to reduce class sizes.

The plea is one of 13 motions set to be debated at the National Teachers Annual Congress taking place in Letterkenny this week. INTO members in North Clare have condemned the government for failing to implement agreed reduction in class sizes and staff schedules, according to Clare FM News.

More than 800 INTO delegates will discuss the problems at their annual conference this week.

HSE to investigate Kilkee man's death

The HSE has confirmed it is to hold a clinical review into the death of west Clare man Danny McDonnell (59).

The father of three suffered a cardiac arrest en route to Limerick’s Regional Hospital early Sunday morning after the ambulance which was carrying him was forced to bypass the closed accident and emergency unit at Ennis General Hospital. His wife Marie said on Sunday that Danny’s life “might have been saved if the AE unit at Ennis was open at the time”.

In a statement to the Irish Times newspaper, the HSE said: “The HSE is conducting a clinical review of circumstances surrounding this case as we would in cases of a similar nature. A formal investigation, if any, in the first instance would be conducted by the coroner.”