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A SCHOOL OF 910 pupils in north county Dublin has closed down one of its buildings effectively immediately after “significant structural issues” were discovered.
Management Ardgillan Community College in Balbriggan will now liaise with staff and parents of the roughly 200 students expected to affected by this closure.
The phase 1 school building was completed in 2009, with phase 2 completed in 2015.
A fire safety assessment of phase 1 was carried out and necessary works is currently being done to address issues flagged during this assessment.
“During the course of these works, additional issues of a structural nature were identified,” the school’s patron Dublin & Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) said.
After the building behind the plaster work in two classrooms was examined on Friday, a consultant working on behalf of the patron discovered these “significant structural issues”.
Further parts of the building will now need to be opened up to see how severe the issues are.
Having considered the engineer’s advice and in the interests of the health and safety of the students and staff of the school, DDLETB in consultation with the Department of Education and Skills and school management, has made the decision to close phase 1 of the school building, effective immediately.
The school will communicate details of how the 200 students now discommoded will be accomodated.
School management and the DDLETB said its absolute priority was the health and safety of students and staff.
Phase 2 of the building is unaffected, it added.
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Surprised China agreed to the sanctions in the U.N…..Good diplomacy on part of US…This may be final blow to North Korea might lead to slow end of the regime there…
@John003: it’s not something President Trump’s predecessor could get the chinese to go along with.
@Martin Black: That’d presumably be because the Chinese are feeling the pinch now like everybody else. They feel abstaining is no longer enough. The big problem for China is their worry about what comes next. North Korea has not just been a nuisance to them but also a convenient buffer. Without that ambiguous attitude all of this wouldn’t have been happening in the first place.
@John003: Every part of asia has US nuklear weapons pointing at them. would the trump like that on his doorstep?
@Sean Conway: what difference does ot make if you have one country with thousands of nuclear weapons or several country’s around you pointing the same countries weapons at them? USA has russia that points it’s arsenal at them. It’s mutually assured destruction and it’s surprisingly effective at keeping peace.
Good job they decided to cap the importation of diesel and kerosene. That will put a stop to the 2ltr Diesel Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and the shorter range home heating oil powered rockets.
He’s a modern day John Lennon!!
@Martin Black: John Lennon wrote his own stuff.
This is a more effective approach than Trump’s bellicose and empty rhetoric.
Trump needlessly inflamed and provoked a rogue leader.
Fortunately, the UN Security Council has take a more rational and proportionate approach.
There is no need for kiling hundreds of thousands of people. All human beings are of value, regardless of nationality.
The UN security council is not independent of the countries in it…..China has changed its decades long stance on North Korea have to give Trump some credit for that. …However these UN sanctions may lead to famine in North Korea this winter with populal unrest against Kim….
@Fiona deFreyne: The UN only agreed because of pressure exerted by Trump. The same can be said of the Chinese. Appeasing tyrants is a huge mistake.
@Fiona deFreyne: Please enlighten us, where has the “more effective” appeasement that has been the status quo for the past three decades got us? Maybe we should wait until DPRK has nuclear warhead ICBMs with global reach or maybe we should wait until they have submarine launch capability with capability of no warning global strike.
No, appeasement has got us nowhere and it’s time for a new approach before the game is up.
the sad part of all this is its the ordinary people of north Korea who’ll suffer most. Kim will make sure his big fat ar$€ is kept warm this winter &hes well fed &cosy..doesnt give a damn about his people
Kim the rocket man may go play with his Lego instead of rockets.
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