Sir, – Niamh Towey and Stephen Conneely identified many of the challenges facing boarding schools (“Private school fees rise by almost 25% in five years as boarding demand collapses,” Education, October 31st).
One critically important cause however was not mentioned. According to the CSO the Irish birth rate has fallen from a peak of 75,500 births in 2009 to approximately 54,000 last year, a fall of 28 per cent. Demography might not always be destiny but in the case of schools, it is a harbinger. – Yours, etc,
Dr David Vaughan,
Mornington,
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Co Meath.
Sir, – Saturday’s article on private schools has one huge omission, Castlerock College. Expect correspondence from Hennessy. – Yours, etc,
John Morris,
Churchtown,
Dublin 14.
