SCHOOLS in Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s home county which have been waiting from eight to 12 years for building works to begin are proof of a need to overhaul the bureaucratic process, a teachers’ union has claimed.

CHILDREN at a 100-year-old Limerick school are looking forward to the end of queuing in the cold and rain just to use the toilet after being given good news about their new building — for the second time in a year.