Northern Ireland’s five main teaching unions are to meet to discuss their response to the news that the Department of Education (DE) has said no further money will be available to enable a teacher pay rise in the year ahead despite teachers in England receiving a 6.5% increase.
The independent review of education is on course to be completed in “late autumn”, but the Department of Education is still unable to confirm when the final report will be made public.
A memorial service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Greysteel massacre on Monday night heard that the evil that visited the community could not break its spirit.