05/02/2015

Seven New Schools To Be Developed Across Ireland

Seven new primary schools are to be developed across Ireland within the next two years.

Four of the schools will open in 2015 with the other three opening in 2016.

The schools are to be established in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Wicklow.

One school will be in Cork, four in Dublin, one in Galway and one in Wicklow.

The basic construction costs for the seven new schools is expected to be in the region of €24m. This level of investment by the State will support some 240 direct jobs and 48 indirect jobs.

(CD/JP)

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