Planning goahead for tuams new gaelscoil

Published: Mon 1 Sep 2014, 3:20 PM

Last updated: Mon 1 Sep 2014, 4:26 PM

By Siobhan Holliman

AFTER 17 years waiting, Tuam's Gaelscoil Iarfhlatha will finally get its purpose-built school.

Planning permission has been granted for the two-storey development on a site at Vicars Choroland close to the town centre.

The primary school which started out with 13 pupils at a temporary premises in the Tuam Community Centre in 1996 has grown to 190 pupils.

A purpose built school has a long been campaigned for by staff and parents but despite a number of false hopes over the past ten years, nothing has come to fruition.

Galway Co Council has this week granted permission for the 12-classroom development. Construction on the new building is expected to begin early next year and it could be up and running before the end of 2015.

Read more in Wednesday's paper.