INTO: Next Phase Of Reopening Schools Will Not Go Ahead If There's A Spike In Covid Cases

Around 300,000 pupils will return to class tomorrow

They will be in the first four years of primary school, and Leaving Cert students.

The other years are due to return on March 15th and April 1st, after studying at home since Christmas.

General Secretary of the INTO, John Boyle, says they'll be keeping a close eye on reports detailing Covid cases in schools: