Gaelscoil an Chaistil – Bliots Peile
October 1, 2010
Dátheangachas riachtanach sa gheilleagar domhanda reatha
September 29, 2010
Seimineár chun deiseanna oideachais a léiriú do dhaltaí
September 29, 2010
Coláiste Naomh Eoin – Accommodation Packages and Scholarships
September 28, 2010
Gaelscoil’s new site sale gets green light
September 23, 2010
The EUR900,000 sale of the Co. Council’s machinery yard and its former offices in Irishtown, Clonmel to the Department of Education for use as a permanent site for the town’s Gaelscoil has received the crucial go ahead from the local authority’s elected members.
South Tipperary Co. Council’s public representatives unanimously gave the go ahead at their September meeting to proceed with the sale of the site of just under 1.4acres to the Department of Education and Skills.
The Council’s solicitor has now forwarded the decision to the Minister for Education. Council spokesman John O’Mahoney said that all remained to be done was to complete the legal formalities and payment. He said the Council hoped to finalise the sale within the next few months.
Gaelscoil Chluain Meala has rented the Council’s former offices in Irishtown since it was first founded in 1994 and over the past 16 year staff and parents have campaigned for a permanent home for the school. Over the years a number of moves were mooted, including a transfer to the site of the Tipperary Institute, but the school’s temporary home is now to become its permanent location. The school currently has 297 pupils and 11 teachers.
Gaelscoil Chluain Meala Principal Treasa Nic Dhiarmada has welcomed the decision of the Council’s elected members, though she pointed out that the school hasn’t heard anything officially from the Council or Department about this latest progress in the sale of the property. “We are delighted because we feel it makes sense that this fine site should become the Gaelscoil’s permanent home. “The biggest problem is the building and its small rooms. The idea would be to refurbish the building and build on additional classrooms. It would be the ideal solution to our problem.”
She said the sale of the property to the Department of Education will immediately mean the school no longers has to pay rent for its accommodation for the first time in 16 years. Once the sale goes through, Ms Nic Dhiarmada said the school will turn its attention to securing funding for the refurbishment and extension. “We are really looking forward to the whole refurbishment process,” she said.
The Nationalist – Aileen Hahesy
23 Meán Fómhair 2010
Tráth na gCeist – Gaelscoil de hÍde
September 23, 2010
Ceisteanna Oideachais le plé ag Comhdháil an Fhorais Pátrúnachta
September 22, 2010
Gaelscoil na nDéise – Turas Gaeltachta
September 17, 2010
Aylward hopeful of further progress on new Colaiste Pobail Osrai site in city
September 16, 2010
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made on plans to secure a new location for Coláiste Pobail Osraí, according to local Fianna Fáil TD, Bobby Aylward. “I was delighted to host a deputation which met with Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan, while she was in Kilkenny last week,” he said.
Representatives from the Coláiste and the VEC made a very persuasive, very convincing case for funding to the Minister. I’m glad to say that she was impressed with the strength of the arguments and she agreed to take the matter up immediately with the responsible officials in her Department. The Minister said her officials would contact Roger Curran, CEO of the VEC, in the coming weeks to discuss the matter and to explore the options for Departmental funding for this initiative”, Deputy Aylward said.
He continued: “For some time now, Coláiste Pobail Osraí has been considering a move to a new green-field site. While the present facilities at Ormonde Road are modern and up-to-date, the space they occupy is becoming confined. Long-term, the Coláiste is seeking to meet the growing demand for places in the school. The level of interest in the Irish language and education through the medium of Irish is enjoying a big increase in Kilkenny. This is evidenced by the popularity and huge success of the local Gaelscoil. I believe pupils should have the opportunity to continue their studies through Irish at second-level and increased capacity in the Coláiste would cater for that”.
“If it is to expand and to provide a range of additional amenities, the Coláiste will have to find an alternative site and develop a state-of-the-art campus close to the city. The CEO of the V.E.C. and the Príomhoide, together with the Board of Management and the Parents’ Council, have now identified a number of suitable sites and are currently looking for funding for their ambitious project”.
“Based on our meeting with the Minister, I am very hopeful that funding can be made available. This is a very worthy project and I want to compliment Roger Curran and the Principal of the Coláiste, Cathnia Ó Muircheartaigh, and their entire team, on their single-minded determination in pursuing their plans”, Bobby Aylward, T.D., ended.
Commenting on the meeting with Minister Coughlan, Mr. Cathnia Ó Muircheartaigh, Principal of Coláiste Pobail Osraí, said “I am greatly encouraged by the positive and enthusiastic response we received from the Minister. I’m also very grateful to Bobby Aylward for facilitating the meeting and for his dedicated support to us. I believe we made good progress on our plans for re-location and I’m looking forward to continued headway when we present our proposals to the Department. There is a clear need for us to expand; we have a surge in interest in our school and we will out-grow our present site very shortly. That is why we are advancing our plans and I hope, with the support of Bobby Aylward and the Department of Education, that we can acquire an appropriate, convenient site and bring our plans to an early fruition”.Coláiste Pobail Osraí was established in 1991 and is an independent entity under the auspices of the VEC.
Snaschúrsa do Mhúinteoirí Gaeilge
September 15, 2010
