The Strength of people power

Organised protests helped to overturn the teacher cuts in Deis schools but there is still concern in rural areas that the Government is trying to force smaller education facilities to amalgamate, write Niall Murray and Donal Hickey

The real lesson from all this may be for the Government on how it reaches decisions

THE anger that the latest round of education cutback proposals generated in communities around Ireland has shown the strength of people power.