Parents protest over North Mon enrolment policy

Parents have protested over a second-level school’s controversial enrolment policy which could see dozens of children left without a school place next year.

Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG previously accepted up to 84 first-year students across three classes each year but announced last month that it would only admit 58 pupils in two first-year classes of 29 from next September.

The policy emerged following a move this year by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn allowing the Edmund Rice School Trust (ERST) to replace the board of management with a temporary manager after disagreement between trustees and the board.