Glanmire Community School named as one of Cork's schools to remain closed until 2017.
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More than half of secondary schools look set to close indefinitely from Monday as talks between teachers and the Government ended without agreement.
The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland’s (ASTI) 17,500 members are planning to withdraw from supervision and substitution duties from tomorrow.
The move will force the closure of more than 400 of the country’s 735 secondary schools from Monday onwards on health and safety grounds.
In a statement, Glanmire Community School Principal said "it will be strange having this much time off, its like the summer holidays have come around again! My only concern is that the teaching body may get a taste for this extra time off during the busy Christmas period".
Meanwhile a spokeswoman for the ASTI said there has been no progress and confirmed that industrial action will take place. Further contacts will continue with the Department of Education, she added.
Schools most likely to close are those which are heavily staffed by ASTI members or where principals or deputy principals are members of the union.
A small number of schools which are due to open will cater to exam-years students only – third and sixth-years – though management bodies say this is likely to be a short-term measure and Glanmire Community School will not be facilitating this.
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