JUST 20 new schools were built last year – less than half of the number constructed in 2008, new figures from the Department of Education show.

A private fee-paying school in south Dublin is to receive a building grant of up to €3m, it emerged today.

THE Government has failed to spend one euro of the €7.12 million promised for the National Youth Work Development Plan launched a year ago today.

Fine Gael Education spokeswoman Olwyn Enright has today welcomed the announcement that schools are to have broadband internet access, but called on the Minister for Education to ensure that schools have the right equipment to utilise these connections properly.

Fine Gael Education spokesman Olwyn Enright TD today called on the Department of Education to address the concerns raised over yesterday's Leaving Certificate biology exam by both students and teachers.