Fee Paying Schools
Last week the Department of Education published a report on Fee Charging Schools in Ireland which suggested these schools cost the taxpayer over €80 million euro a year. Private schools were in the headlines last month as well when Kilkenny College one of the oldest private schools in the State announced that it was to enter the” free” education system from this September. The school blamed government cutbacks and the reduced income of parents. So where to now for fee paying schools in Ireland? Joining Pat was Johnston Reid, Principal of the Collegiate College in Monaghan who has concerns about ...
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