Comment by Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) General Secretary Michael Gillespie:
“On a daily basis, teachers carry out extraordinary work across the country in school communities that have been chronically and shamefully underfunded by successive governments.
The comments made by Ryanair CEO Michael O’ Leary at a campaign event for Fine Gael candidate Peter Burke are extremely offensive and hugely insulting to the profession.
Ahead of the election, political parties and candidates would be much better served communicating to the public how they intend addressing critical issues such as, for example, the teacher recruitment and retention crisis that sees students lose out on subject choices as a result of continuing inaction by our policy-makers.”