The Irish National Teachers organisation has urged the Department of Education to “reconsider” a plan to resume special needs education later this week. Teachers say the Government have failed to address the ‘grave safety concerns’. For reaction to this we were joined on the show by Labour Education spokesperson Aodhan O’Riordan.

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