Parents and children in Ballinteer have had to walk long distances every day this winter while waiting for school footpaths to reopen.
John, who asked Dublin Live to withhold his real name, told us he and his two children have had to walk for 20 minutes while using an alternative route to Ballinteer Educate Together National School while builders are doing ground works. The concerned parent says it was especially difficult for his “exhausted” young children during the cold blasts this winter as they have to walk on a frozen path.
John said he’s seen young mothers pushing baby strollers on the frozen path while sending their older children off to school. He told Dublin Live: “We are all exhausted. Both children and parents are tired. I work from home, so I have to go out three times a day and that breaks my concentration and then I have to work longer in the afternoon.”
