SOON this will all be replaced by a new school. Principal of McHale College, Tuam, Eileen Delaney with CEO David Leahy, Declan Glynn, Building Manager, Pat Gilmore, Chairman, Cllr Terry O'Flaherty, Vice-Chair, Maeve Waldron, Deputy Principal and Tomas Mac Phaidin, Deputy CEO before the meeting of th

Tuam secondary school gets goahead for new build

Published: Wed 15 Oct 2014, 10:10 AM

Last updated: Wed 15 Oct 2014, 11:18 AM

THE first phase of the new Archbishop McHale College, Tuam has got the go-ahead and details of the plans were announced at a meeting of the Galway-Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) held in the school yesterday (Tuesday).
The approval in principal of a decision to build a new school on the existing site was announced by the former GRETB last spring (covered extensively in The Tuam Herald at that time) and it has now been formally confirmed by Minister Jan O’Sullivan.
The school has been given the go-ahead, in the first phase of the development, for five general classrooms, a science lab, a home economics room, a substantial special educational needs suite, toilets and other smaller learning spaces.