Of course the department’s rules don’t apply to members of the Minister’s own party…
Oh dear, naughty naughty Sinn Fein… Publicly-funded schools were warned that their premises were not to be used if it could be “regarded as aimed at canvassing for votes for any particular political party or any particular political party election candidate”. But just days before voters went to the polls, Sinn Fein candidate Francie Molloy was filmed inside a school with Education Minister John O’Dowd – whose department issued the ban. Here’s the Minister’s circular which reminds schools they are …