Rundown school may be forced to close

THE roof is leaking, there are holes in the floor, the sewage pipes are broken, the heating doesn’t work - there is no money in the kitty.

As the Government goes shopping for a €40m executive jet, the principal of St Kieran’s Boys National School in Galvone on the south side of Limerick city, Kevin Haugh said he may be forced to close the school to its 135 pupils because it is too dangerous.

The school’s insurance company said it will be forced to pull its cover unless the school is renovated. But the Department of Education says there is no money available.