Big on spectacle, empty on substance
Successive pre-election promises to turn it into a national education and innovation centre have been big on spectacle but empty on substance.
However, one private sector company saw potential in the dilapidated former boarding school and was prepared to develop it into an up-market training facility. It wanted to invest €3.2m to transform the erstwhile De la Salle campus into a live-in education centre for international workers looking for vocational qualifications.