CONSTRUCTION OF DOUGHISKA SCHOOLS TO GET UNDERWAY

Date Published: 12-Nov-2012

Building work on two new schools in the city is expected to get underway within weeks following an investment from the European Investment Bank.

Around 200 jobs will be created during the construction of a 450 pupil primary school and a 650 pupil post primary school on a shared campus in Doughiska.

The schools are two of eight capital projects nationally that will benefit from a 50 million euro loan from the EIB, which will allow them to be delivered under the public private partnership model.

The Doughiska schools were earmarked for progression under the Department of Education and skillls five year school building programme earlier this year.

Galway West TD Brian Walsh says he’s confident construction will get underway ‘relatively soon’.