The Children’s Minister has said the majority of second level students will not return to school until after the Easter holidays however, leaving cert pupils and children in junior infants up to second class are expected to get back into the classroom on March 1st followed by the rest of primary schools two weeks later.

While nothing has been confirmed as of yet, the prolonged closure of schools has not only had an impact on the lives of parents or guardians and our children's education, but our kid's emotional and physical development as well.

To discuss Susan was joined by:

• Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy, Primary school teacher and assistant professor in education in UCD,
• Dr Brian Osborne, ICGP Assistant Medical Director & GP in Galway
• Dr Niamh Lynch, is a consultant paediatrician in Cork

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