School posed ‘serious health and safety concerns’

PUPILS and staff at a Dublin community college were forced to operate for a number of years in conditions that posed ‘serious health and safety concerns’, a school inspection team has found.

During their visit to Balbriggan Community College in October 2006, inspectors found a section of the school was so damp that the water on the surface of the walls made it impossible to hang teachers’ materials or students’ work.

Tiling on the floors was cracked and broken, windows had to be boarded up to prevent noise from the street, and the skylights had to be boarded up as they were leaking.