News of project takes the biscuit

PROJECT announcements by ministers have a habit of being repeated, but the confirmation that the Cork School of Music will proceed takes the biscuit in terms of déja vu moments.

The timing of this announcement of the €60 million development by Education Minister Noel Dempsey will inevitably be linked to the forthcoming local elections.

Not alone were candidates threatening to run on this single-issue platform, but the negative vibes from the previous broken promise was doing Fianna Fáil no favours at all meaning the matter needed to be sorted by June 11.