She was speaking after more than 152 students were gathered together in one large assembly hall on their first day at St Leo's College in Carlow town today.Speaking on RTÉ's Prime Time, the minister said she was "making it very clear" that it would be best practice to gather students in smaller numbers.
Welcoming the students to the school, principal Niamh Broderick told them: "We are all in this together". The Vice President of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland has said the organisation is "not in favour of big gatherings" in any part of schools. Ms Piggott was speaking after the ASTI expressed concern about hundreds of medically vulnerable members who are being told them must return to work despite being categorised as "high risk" for Covid-19.Children with 'sniffles' can go to school once 'otherwise well' - GPs
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