Daniel McConnell: Students pay the price for Department of Education's floundering failures

Botched manner of the school closures debacle shows the major lessons of last year have not been learnt, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

No one asked whether Norma Foley had checked with the teachers’ groups to make sure the proposal to have Leaving Cert students in class three days a week was tenable. File Picture

Just how many cock-ups can the Department of Education be allowed to make?

As Minister Norma Foley was confirming her latest U-turn on her plan to open schools for Leaving Certificate students on Thursday evening, recrimination within the Government had already begun.