Norma Foley said she is prepared to ‘look at everything on the table’, as many schools struggle to secure enough staff for the academic year.

Newly qualified teachers who take up a full-time role for the coming school year will receive the payment next summer

Protests were held at Belfast City Hall and at RTÉ in Dublin

The general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation John Boyle has retracted comments he made about the Minister for Education when he suggested that she had reneged on a commitment she made earlier this year about post responsibility