Joe Lyons could not have been more pleased to hear about a school maintenance fund being restored after discovering a leaking roof when pupils returned from their mid-term break this week at Ballybrown National School outside Limerick City.

THE protection of class sizes may be heralded as a success for Ruairi Quinn but with more than 30 children being taught in six of its 10 classes, Budget 2014 is no reason to celebrate at Ballybrown National School.