New Hansfield school due to open next year

Tánaiste and Labour TD for Dublin West, Joan Burton, was in Hansfield recently to turn the sod on a new Educate Together secondary school.

She was joined by school principal Bernie Judge and Secretary General of the Department of Education, Seán � Foghlu, among others at the ceremony to mark the occasion.

The school opened in interim accommodation in September 2014, and work commenced on a new three storey school building last November.

“This is a really exciting and ambitious project for the local school community,

? The Tánaiste said.

“We will see the construction of a new three storey school building to cater for a thousand pupils.

“The new building will involve a Special Needs Unit, and the works will include new car parking, drainage, site lighting, play areas and ball courts.

“The school is just four months in existence, so it’s very encouraging that so much work has already been completed on the new building.

“Hansfield is one of many schools benefiting from an investment by this Government of

?¬2 billion in school building projects, between 2012 and 2016.

“I really look forward to coming back in just over a year for the official opening of the school.

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The project is due to be completed in April or May 2016. Hansfield’s first Educate Together school opened in 2011.