Local school secretaries and caretakers protest. Around a thousand school secretaries and caretakers are protesting outside Leinster House today.
It’s part of the first day of indefinite strike action.
Around a thousand people are gathering outside government buildings. They’re calling for access to the public pension scheme and other entitlements.
Indeed, Forsa says they’re currently treated as second class citizens in the education sector. Locally school secretaries and caretakers are striking outside their schools also.
Moreover, in Castleblayney a number of workers are protesting, secretaries Sabia O Neill, Linda McCahey Sheehan, Una Deasy, Christina Mooney, Bernie McNamee and Maggie Redmond along with Caretaker Fintan Smyth have been on the picket line.
Secretaries Sabia O Neill Linda McCahey Sheehan have been speaking to Ronan Gargan about todays protest.
