Teagasc upgrades training facility

NEW lecture rooms and computer teaching laboratories at Teagasc’s Kildalton Agricultural College in Co Kilkenny were officially yesterday by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

The innovations, costing €1.3 million, are part of a major upgrade of Teagasc’s teaching and training facilities.

Kildalton College, which has a student population of 370, is the main Teagasc training facility in the south-east.