Children lead protest over school cuts

Children were in the frontline last night as they joined their mums and dads, friends and neighbours in a protest against Government cuts that will eke into the heart and soul of rural ireland.

Ten-year-old Laura O’Shea, from Traflask in the Beara peninsula, said she had a simple message for Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

“I would say to him, ‘please leave our school alone’, we have lovely teachers and we are all friends at our school.”