Further Education and Training Sector

Closure of Carlow College “A Devastating Blow” Says Cllr. Adrienne Wallace

Cllr Wallace: “This is also a worker’s rights issue as staff were told they would have to take redundancy. At the very least they should each have a choice to opt-in for either redeployment or redundancy... [they] have been left blind-sided."

Galway & Roscommon ETB Teachers Protest, Denman Rooke Says 'Follow Their Lead'

Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) held a lunchtime protest over cuts to the (ESOL) and adult literacy programmes in their Education and Training Board (GRETB). Rooke: "Principled workers... organised in their unions... standing up for services in the community... It's the best answer to austerity."