North West Schools to close tomorrow
All schools will be closed in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal tomorrow due to the weather warning that is in place. The affected counties are Cork and Kerry, which are under a Red warning, and Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon, which are under an Orange snow and…
Parents that followed Covid regulations ae now being referred to TUSLA
A North Leitrim councillor is strongly criticising the practice of schools being forced to notify Tusla in cases where a student misses more 20 school days in the year. Cllr Padraig Fallon says that this course of action is a slap in the face’ to parents who obeyed Covid…
North west MEP critical of decision to reopen schools
A Midlands North West MEP has hit out at the decision to reopen schools with Covid-19 figures soaring in the community. MEP Luke Ming Flanagan is predicting that the decision ultimately lead to schools being forced to shut in the next couple of weeks. He said measures such as the…
TD and former teacher says schools need clear answers from Minister, her department and HSE
A Sligo/Leitrim TD and former school teacher says principals and boards of management need to be told exactly what supports are available to them as they prepare to reopen this morning after the Christmas holidays. Independent Deputy Marian Harkin said schools are being asked to reopen today at what is…
Local TD fears schools will find it difficult to fully reopen this week
A Sligo Leitrim TD is warning that schools face a major challenge when it comes to re-opening after the Christmas break with Covid-19 numbers currently so high. The Teachers Union of Ireland claim there isn’t a ‘one-size fits all’ method to reopening schools. Representatives from the teaching unions…
Advice to open windows in schools is the ladybird introduction to ventilation.
A local TD has strongly criticised the provision by the government of ventilators in schools during the pandemic as disappointing. Independent TD Marian Harkin described the advice from the Department of Education to open windows as ‘the ladybird introduction to ventilation. The Sligo Leitrim TD says there is…
School students, teachers across NW severely hit by covid
More than 280 primary school pupils in the north west were sick with Covid 19 between Nov. 1st and 16th. That was made up of 205 pupils in Donegal, 54 in Sligo and 22 in Leitrim. Out of the total number of pupils in each county, the percentage sick was…