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Marlinstown primary school set to receive first pupils within 30 months
The 13-year quest to build a new €4.03million primary school for the eastern suburbs of Mullingar moved one step closer to conclusion this week with the news that planning permission is expected before “the end of June”.
Essential summer works funding announced for four Athlone schools
Four of Athlone’s schools are among 11 in Westmeath who will benefit from the Summer Works Programme funding announced this week by the Minister for Education.
Galway schools take a stand against homophobia
Galway secondary schools and youth organisations will join thousands of young people from across Ireland in taking a stand against homophobic bullying.
Three new classrooms for Bonniconlon NS
Bonniconlon National School is to get three new classrooms after it was approved for additional accommodation funding from the Department of Education and Skills.
Business owners who have taken part in ManagementWorks programmes are already noticing the difference
ManagementWorks, an initiative by the state agency Skillnets, provides a range of subsidised training programmes to SMEs under the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs. Over 700 business people are currently participating on ManagmentWorks Programmes across the country and are already seeing the concrete impact it is having on company performance.
Athlone’s Exams Commission jobs safe for now, says Dept of Education
The Department of Education says the new Junior Cert shouldn’t lead to the loss of permanent, part-time, or temporary jobs at the State Exams Commission in Athlone in the short to medium term.
St Joseph’s, Milltownpass leads the way as a health promoting school
St Joseph’s National School in Milltownpass is one of the first schools in the country to participate in the HSE’s new “Health Promoting Schools” (HPS) programme. And now the HSE is looking for more schools in the region to come on board.
Coláiste Mhuirlinne’s new building to open when students return from mid-term break
A new school building under the patronage of Galway, Roscommon, Education & Training Board (GRETB) is to open in February, where current first year students will commence classes in a state of the art facility straight after the mid-term break.
Galway schools to be excluded from book rental scheme says FF’s Nora Fahy
The vast majority of schools in County Galway will not be able to apply for the school book rental scheme as they are ineligible for it due to their own fundraising efforts.
Coláiste na Coiribe over ‘final hurdle’ for new school building
Students and teachers at Coláiste na Coiribe could be moving into a new school building by late 2015 after signifcant progress was made recently with the Galway Roscommon Education Training Board advertising for tenders for the construction project at Ballyburke in Knocknacarra.
