Hanafin ‘too busy’ for school meeting

PARENTS of children attending a community college in Cork have reacted angrily to news that Education Minister Mary Hanafin is too busy to meet them and explain why promises made prior to the last election haven’t been fulfilled.

Marian O’Regan, a member of the parents’ council and board of management at Clonakilty Community College said yesterday that she would never again believe any promise made by the Government.

Ms O’Regan, who has three children attending the college, said that conditions at the school remained very cramped, and that there is also a serious health and safety issue.