Quinn rejects advice on patronage of two primary schools
Parental demand was very similar for both the local Vocational Education Committee (VEC) and multi-denominational schools group Educate Together in relation to proposed schools in Kildare town and Mallow, Co Cork, due to open this year and next year, respectively.
A month ago, Department of Education officials recommended that the group likely to have more interest over the first two years of operation should be made patron.
