The department promised works to bring the school building up to required safety standards would be finished by November 2017. Works replacing the plasterboard in the Greystones school, which was found to be insufficiently fire-resistant, are not expected to be finished until August 2018. Wake-up callLocal Social Democrats councillor Jennifer Whitmore said the fire was a “wake-up call” for Minister for Education Richard Bruton and his department. The school was built by Northern Irish firm Western Building Systems, under a “rapid build” programme in 2008. Safety issues were uncovered in 2014 at Rush/Lusk Educate Together School, which was constructed by the firm .

Source: The Irish Times March 05, 2018 19:19 UTC