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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION Ruairí Quinn has given the green light to €35million in funding for construction on a 20-acre ‘education campus’ in Monaghan.
The campus, which will be managed by the Monaghan Vocational Educational Committee, will include a 16-classroom primary school, a 400-pupil second-level school and an Institute of Further Education with the capacity for 700 students. There will also be a state-of-the-art theatre, to be called the Garage Theatre, which is being co-funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
In a statement accompanying the announcement, the government said the project on a former army barracks site in Monaghan town was a “pilot project” reflecting its position that shared educational campuses are the way forward. The three educational institutes will share facilities such as a sports hall, playing pitches and car parking.
Minister Ruairí Quinn said: “I want to congratulate Co Monaghan Vocational Education Committee on the tremendous work involved in bringing this project to construction.
“This is a shining example of where the local VEC has worked closely with my Department and the Gaelscoil to ensure delivery of a state of the art education campus for the benefit of all in the Monaghan area.”
The Irish Vocational Education Association also welcomed the announcement. Michael Moriarty, general secretary of the IVEA, said: “This building project is an outstanding example of how a VEC can deliver on a major building project for the State.”
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A competition that we as of yet are not used to hearing about but fair play to all those to enter.
I Second that.. It keeps dreams alive.
Doesn’t Szilvia have a lovely bottom
but they all have lovely bottoms
And she has a cracking pair of tires too..
bit sexist i think they are all wheely nice
love it
If she rolls over your foot with that wheelchair she won’t have a leg to stand on!
Sick, Sick, Sick.
Jesus Peter, it’s a disability not a sickness
Oh Dear. Super corny.
I think you mean discriminatory.
Robert you should be the bigger man here and just walk away
Jimmy that’s wheely insensitive
Robert you’re on to me about spelling, hahaha
First prize is dinner with Stephen hawking’s
Stephen Hawking’s what? His cat? His Wife?
If your going to make a joke (albeit a terrible, insensitive one), it’d be nice if you got his name right.
Not only did you spell it wrong, but you mistakenly (I assume) attributed something invisible to him. You might think your better than him because you can walk, but had you performed even reasonably well in primary school you would not have made the mistake you made above. He should pity you, not the other way around.
*you’re
I love iPhones.
The winner phoned Stephen to make the arrangements but kept getting his answering machine.
Ok everybody give up, already.
lol! thank the stars for pedantic antics on this s’ite. ffs. now look what I. ve done.
Don’t be so serious It’s only a bit of “craic”
The winner of this contest is hardly guaranteed a long standing career in modelling. Unless they change the name of the stage to a ‘cat ramp’…
;-)
Jesus! Just how many bad jokes and ‘play on words’ can you get out of a wheelchair story. Scraping the barrel there a bit guys….
Slideshow please?
Is this wheels how you guys roll?
Wheely……damned predictive text!
Jesus! Just how many bad jokes and ‘play on words’ can you get out of a wheelchair story. Scraping the bwarrel there a bit guys….
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