Rural schools safe from closure threat -- for now [Independent.ie]
- Published: 11 November 2009
THE future of small rural schools is up for discussion, but none is facing an immediate threat of closure, Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe said yesterday.
A controversial proposal in the McCarthy report on cost-cutting in the public sector to merge hundreds of small schools has sent shockwaves through rural Ireland.
For the first time yesterday, Mr O'Keeffe confirmed that the issue was on the political agenda.
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