Schools security urged to protect pupils

SCHOOLS should have security facilities for the protection of pupils in the light of the murder of Robert Holohan, a local principal said yesterday.

Midleton CBS boys’ secondary school principal Denis Ring, whose school is across the road from the CBS primary school where Robert was a fifth-class pupil, said it was a depressing reality for society.

“We’re not too far from the day when schools are going to have to look at providing security. In other countries, security checks are the normal course for getting past school doors and gates,” he said.