Major step forward for new school building for Clarin College Athenry

Galway Bay fm newsroom: Plans to build a new post-primary school building for Clarin College have taken a major step forward. Galway County Council has granted planning permission to the Minister for Education for a 2-storey school building in the townland of Newford. It will include a 2-classroom Special Needs Unit, sports ahll, classroom, general purpose hall and student and teacher facilities. Outside the building there will be 92 car parking spaces, ballcourts and a new pedestrian/cycle path along the R348. Planning permission has been granted subject to 11 conditions including a requirement that exact location of the pedestrian footbridge must be submitted to the council for agreement. Local area councillor Peter Feeney says it's hoped work will progress shortly.