Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore has welcomed news of progress for Greystones Community College but has highlighted the plight of two other schools in the area still awaiting decisions on their building applications.
Wicklow teacher Seán Ó Súilleabháin will journey back in time to trace the history of his surname and find out about others who share it in a TG4 series about Irish surnames airing this Sunday at 8.30 p.m.
Mr Harris was responding to questions about a report that more than 80 children across five counties are tutored at home because of their inability to secure places at local schools
“Frustration” and “disappointment” were once again the key words used by Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore, as she sought answers in the Dáil to the ongoing issue of a serious shortfall of school places for secondary schools in Greystones.
Social Democrats local election candidate Danny Alvey has called on the Department of Education to examine building a new secondary school for east Wicklow in Newtownmountkennedy to cope with the areas growing population.