Recession has failed to reduce fee-paying schools' popularity [IrishTimes]
- Published: 20 April 2010
STUDENT NUMBERS at some of the most expensive fee-paying schools in the State have dropped only marginally in the past year, despite the economic downturn.
New figures show that enrolment at many of the big-name fee-paying schools including Belvedere and Blackrock College – is holding up or even increasing.
But they also show the first signs of falling student numbers at schools like Alexandra College and Mount Anville in Dublin and Glenstal Abbey in Co Limerick.
Full Story: www.irishtimes.com
