Ruairí Quinn approves €35million for large new ‘education campus’ [thejournal.ie]
- Published: 13 August 2011
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.
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