Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Recent figures released from the Irish National Teachers Organisation show that 147 students at national schools throughout County Tipperary tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month.
The INTO says Covid transmission levels among pupils are soaring following the removal of public health supports from schools, and according to a survey of school principals 3.3% of the 4,421 primary school students in Tipperary tested positive for the virus between the 1st and 16th of November.
This is the 5th highest rate in the country with Waterford primary school principals reporting a rate of 4.1%, with Kerry schools recorded the lowest at just 0.1%
In the schools responding to the survey nationally, 3.62% of staff were reported as testing positive for Covid-19 during this period, while there was over 11,750 substitutable days reported during the survey period.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
