HE didn’t quite pull a new building out of his hat but Batt O’Keeffe did bring good news to the children of a school campaigning for a decade for a move from their prefab jungle.

IT IS their field of dreams... but they’ve been waiting about 10 years for it to become a reality.

TWO schools involved in separate, high-profile campaigns for better facilities have joined forces to end the new education minister’s honeymoon period.

NONE of the pupils who were at Star of the Sea National School when a new building was promised are still attending classes there.