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prefab

Gaelscoil Bharra, Cabra, Dublin yesterday (top) and today

Anon writes:

“This [above] is the replacement prefab at Gaelscoil Bharra, Cabra, Dublin at a rent of €30,000 per year. The school has been waiting on a new school building for 20 years. It was finally promised one in 2012. Work was due to start this summer but a relatively minor boundary dispute has held it up. In the meantime, 3rd class had their roof fall in [top]. So 30k has been spent on renting something for a year (exorbitant in itself) which should only be needed for a few months, and which shouldn’t have been needed at all.”

And the lesson is?

Homeschooling! 

Don’t pay retail for prefabs?

Anyone?

They need you now.

Karen Browett writes:

Ballyfermot College of Further Education is having a lot of trouble due to budget cuts at the moment. They already had to close the free creche. Many of the teachers have been cut or reduced to an impossibly small amount of hours. I know you feature animation, illustration, design and music locally, many people in those industries came through Ballyfermot. It’s a very special college that felt more like a family to me. When I was there I had allot of trouble with grants etc, and they went out of their way to help me out so I could stay and complete my HND in Illustration. I would like to return that favor by getting their Facebook page shared as much as possible, as I know that many people who went through the college wouldn’t be where they are today in their careers without the amazing staff at Ballyfermot.

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