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# School Costs

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Most parents concerned about cost of sending children back to school, survey says
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
Joseph A Moynihan
Poll: Should voluntary contributions to schools be scrapped?
'You have to ask: why are voluntary contributions necessary in a country where we're on the rise financially?'
'I am genuinely sick worrying how I am going to pay for back to school costs this year'
June Tinsley
Schools will have to use iron-on crests and let parents rent books
Poll: Are school uniforms too expensive?
Opinion: I'm already worried about how I'll pay for my children to go back to school
Aishling Silke
Infographic: The cost of sending a child to school in Ireland
Parents "cut back on food" to pay back-to-school costs
Parents struggling to cope with education costs