Education Minister Norma Foley has announced over €50 million in funding for an expanded free schoolbooks scheme for the coming new term in September.
The Minister said that the new funding will mean the scheme is now available to parents with children in every single primary and special school in the country.
It will come as a welcome bonus this year especially as the cost-of-living crisis has made it tougher for families to make ends meet and pay for simple essentials like schoolbooks.
