Hundreds of pupils take school protests to streets

HUNDREDS of primary school students took to the streets of Cork yesterday to highlight broken Government promises on school building projects.

In a remarkable show of strength, the pupils of Star of the Sea NS in Passage West, Co Cork, joined forces with the pupils of Glenville NS in north Cork in an escalation of what were, until yesterday, separate campaigns highlighting appalling conditions at their respective schools.

And they called on Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe, who took over the portfolio less than a month ago, to deliver on his government’s promises.