The art of burying political bad news
New book reveals how report on small rural schools was consigned to the political dustbin
A former adviser to Labour education minister Ruairi Quinn has revealed how Fine Gael insisted that a value-for-money report on small rural schools was buried because it feared the political consequences.
The report, which was commissioned when Fianna Fáil was in government, remains unpublished. It recommended various options for a reduction in the number of one and two-teacher schools in rural areas – many ...
