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Should We Take Kids on Holidays During School Term?

As the summer approaches you may be making plans for your summer holidays. Holidays cost around t...

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09.55 26 Mar 2025


Should We Take Kids on Holidays During School Term?


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09.55 26 Mar 2025


As the summer approaches you may be making plans for your summer holidays.

Holidays cost around three times more in peak season and children are missing school at an increasingly higher rate, so what is the solution to a double-edged sword?

Eoghan Corry, Travel and Aviation Journalist and Mark Candon, Principal of St. Laurence’s O'Toole's Senior boys National School in North Dock Dublin, join The Pat Kenny Show to go through whether it’s appropriate to take kids out from school during term.


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