Schools unite to fight plan for closures

A CAMPAIGN is being mounted by 37 primary schools in West Cork to fight possible closures mooted by the Department of Education as part of planned cost-cutting measures.

Schools unite to fight plan for closures

Save Our Small Schools has been set up by principals and teachers to protect schools in the region with less than 50 pupils which could be closed or amalgamated under plans by the department to save money.

Its chairwoman Clara McGowan said closing schools would be the last nail in the coffin for rural Ireland.

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