A prominent Fine Gael Senator has called for primary schools to shut on Friday. Jerry Buttimer told the Seanad that Covid was running riot in these schools and he urged the Education Minister to close them this week.
This is necessary because there will inter-generational mixing over Christmas, he said. He added that he knew of one school where there were 100 students absent due to Covid-19. "I am really appealing to the Education Minister to close the primary schools on Friday as a public health measure," he said.
Paul Murphy, the People Before Profit spokesperson on Education, has also called for primary schools to close on Friday for Christmas, three days early.