State cannot promise funds for collapsing school

THE Government admitted yesterday there was no guarantee funding would be made available for a dilapidated Limerick school despite promises during the election.

Pupils at St Nessens Primary School in Mungret had a lucky escape on Thursday when part of the ceiling in one of the prefabs collapsed.

Despite the promise of a new school from the Tanaiste and local ministers Willie O’Dea and Tim O’Malley during the election, Mary Harney admitted yesterday she did not know when the work would begin.