Principal offers to buy e-voting machine — for €1

A SCHOOL principal made an official approach to the Government last night to buy one of the state’s controversial e-voting machines for €1.

Gerry Kelly, the principal of St Colman’s Community College in Midleton, Co Cork, wrote to Environment Minister Phil Hogan outlining his offer in a bid to secure one of the machines for his school.

“I believe that if placed in secondary schools they would be a most valuable teaching aid for CSPE,” said Mr Kelly.