40 schools to be built to meet pupil numbers rise [IrishTimes]
- Published: 28 June 2011
FORTY primary and secondary schools are due to be built over the next six years to meet a sharp increase in the school-going population.
The Department of Education is forecasting an increase of more than 45,000 primary pupils and almost 25,000 secondary school students by the start of the school year in 2017.
Of the new schools, 17 will be in the Dublin area and 12 in the commuter-belt regions of Wicklow, Kildare, Meath and Louth.
A further six schools will be established in Cork, three in Galway and one each in Wexford and Cavan.
Eighteen of the new schools were announced by the previous government but have yet to come on stream.
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