"Tyrrelstown - we want contracts, not promises!"

Reacting to claims by Government sources that the problem of school sites in Tyrrelstown has been resolved, Local Councillor, Michael O’ Donovan said:

“We’ve had promises of this kind before and the timing of this announcement, four weeks before the Local Elections, gives cause for concern, even cynicism.

It was in the run-up to the General Election in 2007 that the then Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, told the Dáil that a site had been secured. That transfer of ownership was never concluded. In fact, the Minister never even applied for planning permission! I notice that the management of one of the National Schools involved has gone on record as being concerned that this might be “a pre-election ploy”.

Real contracts, real planning applications and real funding…..that’s what the Tyrrelstown Community needs and deserves.