Rural schools face risk of closure
The Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) has proposed a model of clustering neighbouring schools to allow them support each other in areas where falling pupil numbers are causing concern over possible closure.
Almost 100 of the country’s 143 Gaeltacht primary schools are among 1,265 which have three teachers or fewer, many of which the IPPN believes are at risk of being either closed or amalgamated with other schools.
