Minister met with silence at teachers' conference [eecho.ie]
- Published: 07 April 2010
The Minister for Education has been met with stoney silence at the TUI annual congress in Ennis.
Only a handful of delegates left the hall when Mary Coughlan took to her feet.
The Minister offered an olive branch by announcing a review of the moratorium on recruitment of middle management, to relieve pressure from retirements.
However, she again re-iterated that further cuts will be needed to keep the economy on track.
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