LABOUR NEWS DUN LAOGHAIRE EAMON GILMORE TD GOVERNMENT INVESTS IN LOCAL EDUCATION NEW SCHOOL BUILDING FOR NEWPARK COMPREHENSIVE Work has commenced on the construction of a new school building for Newpark Comprehensive School in Blackrock. This new building is badly needed, and is the result of a hard fought campaign by staff, parents and students of the school. The decision to rebuild the school was originally taken in 2000, but since then the project has been subject to numerous delays. “I visited the school in April 2012, and upon witnessing the conditions staff and students were facing, I worked with my Labour colleagues, Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn T.D., and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin T.D., to ensure that the necessary funding was made available to get this important project off the ground” said An Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore. The contractors, Duggan Brothers, are now on site and work has begun on the demolition of the old school building. Temporary buildings will be in place for students to return to in September to ensure there is minimal disruption to the education of students while building is ongoing. It is estimated that the project will cost €13 million and will take two years to complete.
An Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, with Derek Lowry, Principal Newpark Comprehensive, and David Duggan, Director of Duggan Brothers Contractors. Photo: Liosa McNamara
NEW BLACKROCK CAMPUS FOR SENIOR COLLEGE DUN LAOGHAIRE It is expected that construction on the new campus for Senior College Dun Laoghaire (SCD) in Blackrock will be complete by the end of this year. The development will bring the four departments (Business, Design, IT and Beauty) of SCD together onto one campus for the first time, transforming the college. The new building will incorporate the refurbished Blackrock Town Hall, Carnegie Library and Municipal Technical School, with an adjoining three-storey building added. The SCD has recently become a part of the newly established Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board, which was formed from the merger of Dun Laoghaire and the County of Dublin VECs.
ST. BRENDAN’S COLLEGE
SCOIL LORCÁIN UPGRADE
CLONKEEN COLLEGE EXTENSION
Plans for a new school building for St. Brendan’s College in Bray are at an advanced stage. It is expected that the project will go to tender, and then onto construction, by the end of 2013.
Construction of a 12 room extension and refurbishment of the current main building at Scoil Lorcáin in Monkstown is expected to commence in 2015. It is likely it will take two years to complete the project.
A new extension at Clonkeen College in Blackrock, which will include a gymnasium, the upgrading of sports grounds and refurbishment of the existing building, is currently at an advanced stage of architectural planning. It is expected the project will go out to tender later this year, with building expected to begin in 2014.
Autumn 2013
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