Up to 8,000 parents and teachers staged a protest in Galway today against what they called the 'savage' education cuts in last month's Budget.
Among those addressing the rally was INTO General Secretary John Carr and Sean Holian of the Irish Primary Principals' Network.
It is the first of a series of countrywide protests calling for a reversal of the new measures.
Further demonstrations are expected to take in Offaly, Cork and Donegal, finishing with a mass rally in Dublin on 6 December.
