Gilmore: Schools open on verge of bankruptcy

SCHOOLS are forced to open “on the verge of bankruptcy” because of inadequate Government funding, Labour leader Eamon Gilmore claimed last night.

Speaking in the Dáil, Mr Gilmore said the Department of Education appeared to fund schools “on the understanding they will have to contend with chronic debt from day one”.

He said the start-up grant for a new school was just €6,348 — the only money it would get until the annual funding grant arrived at the beginning of the new year.