No room in class for 100 children

THE explosion of housing developments in north Dublin without matching school expansions has left more than 100 children in danger of having no classes next autumn, the Labour Party has claimed.

The party’s finance spokesperson Joan Burton said a crisis is looming in Dublin 15, which is one of the most quickly developing areas in the country. She said two primary schools with capacity for just 180 junior infants next September have had more than 350 applications. While some parents may have had their children’s names down for a number of schools, it appears that dozens of them could have to be enrolled in schools outside their community.

“I’ve been inundated with complaints from parents who put their children’s names down for their local school, but who have been told they can’t be accommodated because of huge numbers looking for places,” she said.