just listening to rté radio 1 morning news. they were having a live report from a small school in the west of ireland – one of only 14 (primary) schools left in ireland that just one teacher. this school has been in operation since 1822 and at the moment it has 3 students (aged between 4 and 9 or so). today was the first day of the school term and they (they being the teacher and the radio presenter) were waiting to see how many new students would arrive.

at the end of the news programme the reporter came back and said that one new student had turned up.