Back to school 2024: All you need to know about return dates as well as qualifying for the Back to School Allowance

From books to uniforms, parents have much to arrange before school starts back. Photo: PA/stock image

Cian Ó Broin

While it may feel like the summer recess bells have just tolled, it is only a matter of weeks before schoolchildren in Ireland return to the classroom.

Books, stationery and classroom items must be picked up, while growing limbs must be measured as school uniforms are plucked from the shop shelves.