Julie Jay: Give parents a break and let them take children on holiday in term time

Parents taking their children out of school to go on holiday is an issue again. Irish primary schools are reporting an astonishing 360,000 school days being used for this purpose.

I can categorically say I won’t be taking my children out of school for holidays anytime soon.

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