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Progress on Buncrana school campus
20.02.09
by Simon McGeady, Inishowen Independent
THE chances of Buncrana getting a new purpose built
education campus moved a step closer on Monday when
it was announced that the Donegal VEC have made the
project their number one priority in terms of future
schools to be built.
A number of potential sites have been identified for
the campus, which would include a Crana College,
Gael Collaiste Cineal Eoghan and possibly the town’s
Irish language pre-school, have been identified.
Speaking to the Inishowen Independent on Monday
following the monthly VEC meeting, Inishowen Fianna
Fáil County Councillor Rena Donaghy said she would
be pressing VEC CEO Sean O’Longain to urge the
Department of Education to select a site for the new
schools as soon as possible. |
’The Cockhill based
councillor said the recent announcement of funding
for a school for the Finn Valley means that a new
school complex for Buncrana had ‘moved to the front
of the queue’ for future funding.
“This is great news for Inishowen. Donegal County
Council planners have looked at a number of sites in
the Buncrana area. At Monday’s meeting I urged the
VEC CEO to ask the department of Education to come
and identify a site for the Buncrana school so that
we in Inishowen can put pressure on the |
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government to grant us
the funding we need.”
Cllr Donaghey went on to stress that with their
recent announcement of funding for new schools the
Government had answered their critics.
“Just as it seems everyone has a doom and gloom
mindset, it is important to note that his government
are in fact keeping Education very much to the
forefront. Since the start of the month 43 major new
school building projects nationwide have been
granted funding, a record 650 million euro will be
invested in these 43 projects.” |
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