Call for inquiry into VEC funds for private-school bus
A Catholic couple have been informed by the Limerick City Vocational Education Committee (VEC) that their children, who attend Villiers School, cannot get passes as the bus was for children from the Protestant denominations.
A member of the VEC last night demanded to know why it was running a bus for pupils at Villiers as the school was private and had nothing to do with the VEC. Councillor John Gilligan said: “I was flabbergasted when I found out in the Irish Examiner that the City VEC was operating a bus for the benefit of students at Villiers School. We have responsibility for St Nessan’s and the old Red Tech in O’Connell Avenue and have nothing to do with Villiers.
