Primary school opens in Dublin ... with just one pupil

A new primary school opened in Tallaght this week with just one pupil — but will stay open if enough children enrol in the next few weeks.

The Department of Education said multi-denominational Scoil Aoife was established to meet a demographic need.

Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board invited applications for enrolments at the school last spring. But despite low levels of interest, it was decided last month to open the new community national school anyway.