Primary and Secondary schools return tomorrow after the Christmas break amid staff shortages at schools.

The government have come in for criticism from teachers as many schools will be short-staffed due to the Omicron variant.

Jennifer Horgan, secondary school teacher in Cork; columnist with the Irish Examiner and Caitriona Hand, principal of the Educate Together National School in City West, Dublin joined the Last Word to discuss.

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