Schools ‘absolutely dreading’ heating bills as prices spike

Schools ‘absolutely dreading’ heating bills as prices spike Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images

As fuel prices rise and Covid funding ends, schools are “absolutely dreading” heating bills, with costs for some jumping 100% in two weeks. “We’re in a bad state at the moment,” says Ailish McKeown, principal at Kilskyre NS, Co. Meath. “Our gas bill has gone up 100% in about two weeks. Gas had gone up…

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