Spokesperson Tanya Jones told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland that the primary teaching degree course is just one of 74 courses that will be available across 13 universities in 24 counties in 2026.

He said that seven teachers around his age plan to go overseas after Christmas

The general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation John Boyle has retracted comments he made about the Minister for Education when he suggested that she had reneged on a commitment she made earlier this year about post responsibility