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Louise Fitzpatrick

Dept of Education methodology explained

We get many queries regarding how the Department of Education uses data to decide which areas require a new school. Dr. JoAnne Mancini from Maynooth University published her report ‘Children from these communities’: unequal school provision, segregation, and the Irish educational landscape' in 2022, and gave the below outline

Patrick Costello quizzes Oireachtas Committee on why D8 doesn't deserve a new post-primary school.

Patrick Costello TD quizzed the Joint Committee: Briefing of Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit on 03/10/23 regarding the need for a new post primary school in Dublin here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcUsELAzQX0 Senator Pauline O'Reilly also made representations to

Newstalk - No school places for nearly half of children in Dublin 8

Newstalk - No school places for nearly half of children in Dublin 8

No school places for nearly half of children in Dublin 8“It’s only gotten worse in the last few generations when more schools have closed down”NewstalkJack Quann

Irish Daily Mail - Our children face travelling 15 hours every week to and from school

Irish Daily Mail - Our children face travelling 15 hours every week to and from school

Dublin Inquirer - Dublin 8 needs another secondary school, council committee writes to education minister

Dublin 8 needs another secondary school, council committee writes to education minister - Dublin InquirerResidents have been campaigning for a new mixed, non-denominational school. The response so far? One’s just been built for area pupils – in Sandymount.Dublin InquirerSam Tranum