Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: A few missed school days in Marbella is nothing. More serious absences need our attention
Poverty, housing instability, hunger, mental health struggles and addiction can all contribute to more vulnerable pupils missing out on education, so spare us the annual pearl-clutching about taking the kids out of school to go on a sun holiday
Escaping with the family on a sun holiday shouldn’t evoke pearl-clutching. Stock image: GettyMáire Treasa Ní CheallaighToday at 06:30With the arrival of mid-term break comes the inevitable annual moral panic about parents taking children out of school for holidays. Outrage as predictable as a Ryanair seat sale.Everything from coffee to holidays costs more today. Not everyone can afford peak-season packages in July and August.
