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when parents, particularly those in the low- and middle-income brackets, face the annual challenge of covering back-to-school costs. Families are facing a stack of fees and expenses in respect of uniforms, increased school transport costs, school stationery, so-called voluntary contributions, and laptops … cost per school year can accumulate to €1,700 for primary school children and up to €2,900 for secondary school children. For families with a number of school-going children, this can be a major headache. While I acknowledge that the free schoolbooks scheme and the book

they believe in it should step up matters a couple of gears. We need to build a republic where workers and families have their fair share and good public services. The most recent opinion polls show that an increasing number of people North and South see the merits … afford it but can we afford not to reunify the national territory. More and more, the economics of it stack up and make sense. As a small country of just over 7 million people on the north-western flank of Europe, it makes absolutely no economic, social