Weirdest term ever: How students have coped, from primary to third level 22 min read Primary, secondary and third-level students around Ireland, and their teachers, look back on their efforts to keep learning in the shadow of Covid-19 Primary school: ‘It’s just weird’ The principal of St Audoen’s National School in Dublin’s south inner city, Eilish Meagher, is starting the day as she has done every morning since September , writes Jennifer O’Connell. She gulps down a quick cup of tea in the school kitchen and is outside the gates by 8.30am, standing with home school liaison officer Geoff Finan and special needs assistant Dawn Treacy.