New school building deal is ‘victory for parent power’

THE future school needs of a growing Co Meath community are to be addressed under a deal secured by the Department of Education.

Almost 100 children were left without proper classrooms when they began junior infants at Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa in Laytown last month, after planning delays meant the school could not provide temporary classrooms on their site.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin announced yesterday evening that her department had concluded a deal to purchase part of a site for a new building for the school.