New education chief ready for Galway Roscommon ETB

Galway Bay fm newsroom - The chief of the new Galway Roscommon education board says he's confident all existing challenges can be ironed out in an 18 month period

The first meeting of the board which will cater for over 20 schools, with the majority or 15 of these in Galway and the remainder in Roscommon took place in Athenry this evening

Employing over 1400 staff the ETB will also cater for 72 education centres, and over 21 thousand full and part time students

The 50 delegates of the former City, County and Roscommon VECs will comprise the board until the local elections next year, when this figure will be reduced to 21

Former chairperson of county Galway VEC Pat Gilmore was elected unopposed as chairperson last evening

New CEO David Leahy, who lives in Loughrea, was previously the head of the North Tipperary VEC for over 7 years

He told FYI Galway it's all about transition but it will work well over time