Group to challenge refusal to re-open rural primary school

The High Court has today granted permission to a special interest group to challenge the Minister for Education's refusal to re-open a rural primary school in Co Tipperary.

The group claim that Minister Ruairí Quinn has reversed a promise by the previous government that Knock National School, near Roscrea Co Tipperary would re-open in September. The School closed in 2003 when the number of pupils attending the school fell to just three students.