WEST KERRY: 'Exceptional' number of teachers opt to retire [Independent.ie]
- Published: 27 January 2010
THE number of primary school teachers who retired in West Kerry last year was exceptionally high and a probable reflection of the increased stresses in the profession. That is the view of Seán Ó Catháin, the chairman of the Dingle branch of the INTO, who was speaking following the union's annual retirement function in Benners Hotel on Friday night. Around 90 people attended the event which marked the retirement of four local teachers, a schools' inspector and a schools'. psychologist.
Mr Ó Catháin told The Kerryman that it was unusual to have so many retirements in a single year.
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