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With schools due to reopen at the end of the month, many parents are feeling a great deal of uncertainty. Questions remain around issues such as starting dates, staggered drop-offs and how safety protocols will work in practice. Author and parenting columnist Jen Hogan has a son starting junior infants this year, but she has received very little information from his school about what will happen. She was joined on the show by TUI president Martin Marjoram and Pairic Clerkin, CEO of the Irish Primary Principals' Network, who discussed their concerns. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/08/13181308/LW-Schools.mp3"][/audio]