Minister for Education Norma Foley decision to equip herself with a host of new tools gives an indication of the depths of the concern in the Department of Education about teacher shortages. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PAheralds another significant wintertime headache for the Government.
What will really concentrate minds in the Coalition is the fact that the move has its roots in the housing crisis, with the shortage of teachers most acute in Dublin, where salaries simply cannot keep up with the cost of living.
Anything that isn’t in crisis?
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