A new Educate Together primary school will not open next week in a former Catholic school building near Castlebar, Co Mayo, as the organisation claims doing so would have meant accepting it as a permanent home.

The Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation after 25 children were exposed to potentially dangerous chemicals at a university swimming pool.

THE success of a Educate Together multi-denominational primary school has led to huge demand for a second-level school under the same umbrella.