Media Coverage

The Permanent Building Campaign has been covered my a variety of media organisations in a variety of digital forms. A selection of these are listed (in reverse chronological order) below.

Date Article Title Source
2012-04-26 Minister brings hope for Gaelscoil Waterford News & Star
2012-04-20 News at One @ WLRfm WLRfm.com
2012-04-20 Minister for Education & Skills Visits Tramore TCRfm.ie
2012-04-18 Portacabins Waterford Today
2012-04-11 Tramore Parents Waterford Today
2012-04-05 Campaign will continue for new Gaelscoil Waterford News & Star
2012-03-29 Taoiseach taken by surprise … Waterford News & Star
2012-03-22 Parents Push the Envelope Tramore Hinterland
2012-03-22 Gaelscoil’s Kick in the Teeth Waterford News & Star
2012-03-21 Out in the Cold Munster Express
2012-03-16 Tramore Gaelscoil seek meeting with Minister for Education WLRfm.com
2011-02-17 Gaelscoil Philib Barún calls for end of building waiting game Waterford News & Star
2011-02-15 Tramore Educational Infrastructure Waterford Today
2010-12-30 Waterford School Still in Prefabs 25 Years Later Irish Times
2010-12-21 €1.6m development will take two schools out of prefabs Waterford News & Star
2010-11-13 Temporary Prefab Has Been School for 25 Years Irish Daily Mail
2010-11-09 Outrage as school still relies on prefabs Waterford News & Star
2009-10-08 Dept will spend €386m – O’Keeffe RTÉ News
2009-05-29 New Gaelscoil Philib Barún Munster Express
2009-05-29 Gael Scoil Munster Express
2009-05-19 Kenny promises end to pre-fabs Waterford News & Star
2009-05-19 Tramore Community News features Coast Guard Exhibition Waterford News & Star
2009-05-15 Tramore Coastguard Station – a hive of activity Munster Express
2009-05-13 Doherty reveals staggering cost of prefabs in schools across the state Sinn Féin
2009-05-01 Gaelscoil exhibition for Tramore’s Coast Guard Station Munster Express
2009-04-10 Prefabs cost some schools more than €100k RTÉ News
2009-03-10 Prefab Buildings Come at a Cost Prime Time, RTÉ
2009-03-06 Big Attendance at Tramore Gaelscoil Information Meeting Munster Express
2009-03-04 Community initiative to cut through red tape for new school Waterford News & Star
2009-03-03 Government spend €50 million renting school prefabs Pay Kenny Show, RTÉ Radio 1
2009-02-20 Frustrated Gaelscoil Management Board going it alone Munster Express
2009-02-18 €1m spend yet pupils still in ‘rented boxes’ Waterford News & Star
2008-10-16 Ignored Tramore a ‘prefab township’ blasts Principal Munster Express
2008-05-09 Extension to Gaelscoil Philib Barún slotted into place Munster Express
2008-04-17 Waterford City’s first all-Irish Secondary School Munster Express
2008-03-20 Seanad Éireann Question by Paudie Coffey Seanad Éireann, Volume 188
2007-05-04 Cost of renting school prefabs to be ‘reviewed’ Waterford News & Star
2007-04-26 Money wasted on renting out prefab classes Waterford News & Star
2006-06-23 Waterford on course for an All-Irish Secondary School Waterford News & Star
2003-01-17 Gaelscoil Philib Barún Looking To New Horizons Waterford News & Star
2001-08-17 New Gaelscoil for Tramore Waterford News & Star