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Members of the restaurant and pub trade held a rally outside Leinster House, Dublin on Tuesday in protest at what they claim is the Government’s failure to support their sector. 
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Members of the restaurant and pub trade held a rally outside Leinster House, Dublin on Tuesday in protest at what they claim is the Government’s failure to support their sector. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Parents advised to apply to ‘multiple’ secondary schools due to pressure on places

Parents of children in commuter belt counties are being advised by education authorities to apply to multiple secondary schools due to the volume of oversubscribed places in areas of high enrolment pressure.

Almost half of all secondary schools across the State are set to be oversubscribed in the coming school year, with the highest concentration in parts of Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Galway and Cork where there has been rapid population growth over recent years.

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