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THERE was confirmation last week that work is to begin on a new school building for Gaelscoil Donncha Rua. When the project was first mooted a number of years ago, it was expected that the cost would be in the region of €3.5 million, but costs have risen considerably since then. The school opened in 1984, but it has never had a permanent building, relying on prefabs for the last 40 years. In one capacity or another the current school principal Aisling Ní Áirtnéada has been at the Gaelscoil for 20 years and she is delighted that work is about to begin. “The department issued us with a letter of intent, which means that the construction team will be onsite in mid-August,” she said. “We have been working hard to get it going for a number of years. The previous principal Muireann Ní Cearbhaill and myself first went to meet Jan O’Sullivan. We sat down, had a chat with her …
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