City's Muslim school is eyeing up new site as waiting list swells [Herald.ie]
- Published: 25 August 2010
Dublin City Council is considering possible expansion and relocation of one of the capital's State-funded religious schools.
Dublin's two Muslim schools have struggled to cope with pupil intake in the last few years, as the country's Muslim community grew from an estimated 32,500 in 2006 to almost 50,000 this year, according to the Islamic Foundation of Ireland.
While the process of expansion has been put on hold for one of the schools, the Muslim National School in Clonskeagh, the other, the North Dublin Muslim School , is currently in talks with Dublin City Council regarding planning permission.
"We're expecting The North Dublin Muslim School to lodge in due time a temporary application to be housed in another one of the buildings of St Joseph's School for Boys," a spokesperson for Dublin City Council told the Herald.
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