Council accuses Hanafin of ignoring school project

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is to be asked to explain why his Education Minister is refusing to reply to Cork County Council queries about a promise made by the Government five years ago to provide an extension for Clonakilty Community College.

Fine Gael, which holds the majority on the local authority, launched a stinging attack on Mary Hanafin yesterday for twice refusing to answer queries from the council on the subject.

Cllr Jim Daly (FG) said that on April 24, 2002, the then Minister for Education, Michael Woods, confirmed the appointment of a design team for the project, but since then it hadn’t been progressed one inch.