The move forms part of an investment package of almost €12 billion for education to be announced later today. Hundreds of schools have been struggling with outdated facilities or prefabs and have had applications for facilities such as PE halls turned down over recent years. Today’s funding announcement provides new details on the national development plan – known as Project Ireland 2040 – which was published earlier this year. It promises a 70 per cent increase in school capital funding over the next decade to build new schools and modernise existing ones. “I am particularly pleased that we’ll be investing in PE halls – modernising old ones and building new ones – to ensure all post-primary students can use state of the art PE facilities,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times September 14, 2018 00:00 UTC