School to get first major change in 136 years

CLASSES around the fireplace could soon be a thing of the past for pupils at a school which has had no major improvements since it opened 136 years ago.

Kyle National School near Killeagh in east Cork is one of more than 200 schools to benefit from a €73 million building package announced yesterday by Education Minister Mary Hanafin.

Principal Catherine Foley said the application for an extension and refurbishment was with the Department of Education since the 1980s.