Holy Trinity National School

The news that Holy Trinity National School will go to construction this year is a very welcome development.

This is a school that was promised when my parents first moved to Ballyogan in 1986. It was a school that I should have attended. My two nephews are now being taught in the school's current pre-fab accomodation.

Praise and congratulations must go to the staff and parents at the school who have campaigned for many years for a permanent school building.

And while no doubt government TDs will laud this announcement and attempt to claim credit for it, it must be remembered that both Fine Gael and Labour were in power in both the 80s and the 90s and on both occasions they failed to deliver this much needed school. And Fianna Fáil, having been in power for 13 years straight never managed to get the school built.

I hope this school will now be built as soon as possible so that the children of this area can be educated in the best possible environment and in their own community.