The mother of a girl who was refused a place in the school where her sisters went has said her daughter will be outside the school on the first day of term 'whether she's been offered a space or not'.
Eilis Clarke is one of dozens of parents who have expressed anger and frustration, after their children were not offered places to join their older siblings in school.
The enrolment controversy follows an instruction by the archdiocese of Dublin to hundreds of primary schools to end their 'sibling-first' admission policies.
Eilis is a mother of four - three of whom have gone to or are in Our Lady's Grove Primary School in Dublin.
However her fourth daughter, Charlotte, has been refused a place. She told Newstalk Breakfast they have been left with few options.
"My fourth and final daughter didn't get a spot in this school for next year - so we're left now with a situation where we have no other option as to where to send Charlotte in September '21."
She said she is "quite angry and frustrated" at the decision.
"The school, in fairness, I understand the situation they have been in.
"The archdiocese has enforced this change and they have had to adhere to it - they're obliged to by law.
"They can't go against what the patron are saying".
She said her husband spoke to the principal and the Monsignor, who Eilis said "seemed to be trying to pass the buck on elsewhere as opposed to taking ownership for the situation that we're in".
Eilis said she was told the decision was due to a change that was made by Richard Bruton in 2018.
"I think that's a load of nonsense - the Education Minister's came out and said, I think it was in an article recently, that they haven't suggested that this has to be enforced at all: so it's an archdiocese decision".
"I don't have a plan B - and come the first day of term next year she'll be outside the school with a school uniform on, whether she's been offered a space or not."
But she is hopeful Charlotte will get offered a space, as she is 12th on a list.
"There's probably a good possibility that she will, but there are no guarantees".
Eilis said the policy change "seems to have happened rather quickly - more quickly than we had time to get prepared for".
