The DUP thread

[LC]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68857236

Not hard to know what side of the community the current Education Minister is from.

That being said if it had been 4 CCMS schools scheduled for closure and it was a new SF Education minister they would do exactly the same.

Not hard to know there are elections around the corner.

Just about sums up NI (parish) politics.

[marty34]

A school with 13 pupils, 3 teachers and 3 support staff.

Surely that can't continue.

I wonder how far away the next 'similiar' primary school is to each of them?

Is there not an enrolment figure in primary and once it dips below that, there needs to be an assessment down on it.

Politicians won't make good decisions - like hospitals etc.

By 13 pupils is very low. 

[Armagh18]

A school with 13 pupils, 3 teachers and 3 support staff.

Surely that can't continue.

I wonder how far away the next 'similiar' primary school is to each of them?

Is there not an enrolment figure in primary and once it dips below that, there needs to be an assessment down on it.

Politicians won't make good decisions - like hospitals etc.

By 13 pupils is very low.   

[Armagh18]

I'm all for small primary schools, local where everyone knows each other, to this day my best friends are ones from primary school but jeez 13 is very low

[gallsman]

Numbers are low for sure, and I'm not at all saying that should stay open, but if these were small, rural banks or post offices, or schools for that matter, I'm nationalist areas, would you be quite so triggered by it?

[Tony Baloney]

Schools that size aren't sustainable regardless of green or orange and they should be closed. This is the DUP doing DUP things but the Shinners would be no different. Politicians here don't like making difficult decisions.

[gallsman]

I agree, not sustainable, but there'd not be a word said if the shoe was on they other foot.

However, why are we so quick to accept that schools should close, but banks and post offices have to stay open?

[general_lee]

I agree, not sustainable, but there'd not be a word said if the shoe was on they other foot.

However, why are we so quick to accept that schools should close, but banks and post offices have to stay open?

John O'Dowd wasn't afraid to close or attempt to close Catholic schools in rural areas. Ultimately though CCMS share some responsibility.

[johnnycool]

A school with 13 pupils, 3 teachers and 3 support staff.

Surely that can't continue.

I wonder how far away the next 'similiar' primary school is to each of them?

Is there not an enrolment figure in primary and once it dips below that, there needs to be an assessment down on it.

Politicians won't make good decisions - like hospitals etc.

By 13 pupils is very low.   

That's kids from P1 to P7, so at best two per age group and a classroom size of 4 or 5 for each teacher...

Nuts

[Orior]

Fine Gael favourite, crater face Hoey having a go at Jarlath Burns and the GAA
https://x.com/catharinehoey/status/1782365465433498036?s=46

[Truthsayer]

Fine Gael favourite, crater face Hoey having a go at Jarlath Burns and the GAA
https://x.com/catharinehoey/status/1782365465433498036?s=46

  Kate be in the same mould as Jamie and Jim.. I wouldn't pay much heed to her.

[imtommygunn]

Massive bigot who deserves no airtime. How anyone ever elected her in England I don't know - she's bonkers.

[Orior]

Dudley Edwards getting in on the act too

https://x.com/ruthde/status/1782437508644516335?s=46

[AustinPowers]

Fine Gael favourite, crater face Hoey having a go at Jarlath Burns and the GAA
https://x.com/catharinehoey/status/1782365465433498036?s=46

What paper is  that article from? The Newsletter?

[red hander]

People of Rathlin not too happy about Zelda from The Terrahawks using their name when Bojo the Clown gave the bitch some ermine to wear