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The new Coláiste Ailigh opens its doors
15th November 2013
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On Friday 14th November, Coláiste Ailigh teachers and students closed the doors on their temporary school and walked to their new State of the Art School a mile away.
Coláiste Ailigh is the first of the 8 schools to be completed under the Schools Bundle III PPP Scheme. The Schools Bundle III PPP programme consists of the design, build, finance and 25 year maintenance of 8 schools, 7 post-primary and one primary in various locations around the country.This new 350 pupil post-primary Letterkenny school will provide permanent accommodation for the Gael Coláiste established in 2000.
The 6,000m2 fastrack project was completed by the BAM team in 51 weeks and comprises:
- general teaching accommodation
- specialist classrooms/workshops
- physical education hall and ancillary areas
- hard play courts & playing pitches
- parking spaces
- engineering services all associated site development works.