The school structural defects controversy rumbles on into a new week, as two schools in Dublin are unable to open their doors to students today.
Tyrrelstown Educate Together and St. Luke’s National School (also in Tyrrelstown), were due to re-open this morning after the midterm break, however after meetings last night, it was decided that students were to stay at home.
In a statement, St Luke's National School said:
"We were taken on a walk around the building this evening where we could see the new scaffolding and support structures in place throughout the building and out into the yard."
"These support structures do not look good and the (board of management) and patron did not feel that the site was finished to a high enough standard to ensure the safety of everyone who would be using the building."
At a third school, Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada in Lucan, older students will be off until Thursday but younger students will be in classes on the ground floor.
In all, 42 schools across the country were affected by the controversy, but the Department of Education said that 22 of them were permitted to re-open this morning.
All 42 of the schools were built by Western Building Systems over the last decade, and the construction firm has said each school involved was previously certified as being free from defects and that the Department of Education signed off on them.
