Save our rural school – campaigners fight for the future of primary school in Northern Ireland

Parents, teachers, farmers and the local community are out in force to try and save one rural primary school in Northern Ireland

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Save our rural school – campaigners fight for the future of primary school in Northern Ireland

Set in the heart of the countryside in Kilclief, Co Down, Northern Ireland, is St Malachy's Primary School, which has educated generations of children for more than 150 years. Its history is a long...

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