Betrayed by a cynical government

MORE damning evidenceof the lack of rationale in the Government’s frenzied cutbacks — a costly legacy for the taxpayer of the Coalition’s cynical pre-election vote-buying spree — is manifest in the blatant neglect of one of Ireland’s leading teacher training colleges.

Amid a blizzard of complaints about appalling conditions in primary schools across the country, a leading educationalist has taken the unusual step of publicly voicing his anger and frustration at the fall-out from the swingeing cuts.

The latest criticism of the administration is all the more scathing because Dr Peadar Cremin, President of St Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, openly accuses the Government of wasting public money through its "indefensible" failure to develop campus facilities.