Quinn urged to intervene as row threatens school opening

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn has been urged to intervene in a dispute that threatens the opening of a new school in Stranorlar, Co Donegal, for the coming term.

Finn Valley College was set to open next Monday but it was put back another week because of a dispute over payment between the main contractor and an electrical sub-contractor.

Parents now fear that the dispute may not be resolved before the revised date and, with equipment already being moved out from the old school, their children could be left with nowhere to begin the school term.