GREEN LIGHT FOR NEW NATIONAL SCHOOL IN BALLINASLOE

Date Published: 30-Nov-2011

A new national school has been approved for Ballinasloe. Scoil an Chroí Naofa in Society Street has been given the green light by Ballinasloe Town Council to demolish their old school and replace it with a new school. The plan for Scoil an Chroí Naofa will involve knocking the existing school building and the construction of a new school and an Autistic Spectrum Disorder Unit. The new school will include 11 classrooms, 9 specialist resource classrooms, library, staff room, offices, toilets, stores and general purpose Hall. The ASD unit will consist of two specialist classrooms and specialist education rooms. The development will also include minor alterations to an existing protected building from the 1930s, 4 new prefabs, new parking areas as well as upgrading of playgrounds and playing courts. Ballinasloe planners also attached 11 conditions to the project.