Friday 15 November, 2024

Cork students quizzed on the street during teachers strike, fail miserably

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YESTERDAY OVER 350,000 secondary school students had an unplanned day off as their teachers went on strike.

For some unlucky Cork teenagers though, it wasn’t all about dossing as RTÉ’s John Murray show reporter Colm Flynn nabbed them and quizzed them on everything from King Lear to the Minister for Education.

There were some worrying answers…

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Cork students quizzed on the street during teachers strike, fail miserably

Teachers were on strike yesterday – here’s why>

Hozier’s anthem Take Me To Church named world’s most viral song of 2014