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Wednesday, 26 August 2026 14:12

Cloghan National School currently only has an SNA for 3 hours and 12 minutes of the school da7.

3 hours and 12 minutes - that's how many SNA allocation hours per day is given to an Offaly primary.

Cloghan National School is appealing to the Department of Education to increase that time to the full school day.

Over 90 pupils are currently enrolled there with 5 teachers.

Bronwyn Collins is one of those teachers ,and the Principal of Cloghan National School.

She says it has to cater to the needs of their pupils:

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