Primary school teachers are to call on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to hold a day of action before June to defend public services and jobs.

At their annual conference in Letterkenny, delegates backed a motion on a day of action and condemned what they called a campaign of vilification against the pay and conditions of public service employees.

They also supported the withdrawal of support for modernisation measures in schools in the event of an extended pay freeze.

I think it is very difficult to judge what is the right action here because we know that government is in an impossible situation and teacher's union need to stand up for the best possible education system for our children.