Clare's representative on the ASTI's Standing Committee has expressed hope that a mediation process will yield positive results for teachers.
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Fresh talks, which are being facilitated by the Chairperson of the Teachers' Conciliation Council, are getting underway in an effort to resolve the teachers dispute.
Secondary schools are operating as normal today after the ASTI agreed to suspend its industrial action, but teachers are reiterating their stance on equal pay for new teachers and payment for supervision and substitution duties.
Peter Quinn, who's a teacher at St Flannan's College in Ennis says that the threat of strike action still remains.