IPPN

Between 20,000 and 25,000 people have marched through the streets of Cork to protest at education cuts.

The march was one of a series of demonstrations organised by the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, which says children should not be made to pay for the current difficulties in the economy.

The Minister for Education, Batt O'Keeffe, said he simply does not have the funds to reverse the cuts.

This is the third time teachers, pupils and their parents have taken to the streets protesting against education cutbacks and the INTO says marches will continue until the cuts are reversed.