{"id":630,"date":"2014-02-28T16:55:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mungret.com\/?p=630"},"modified":"2014-02-28T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:56:08","slug":"mungret-college-could-re-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mungret.com\/news-events\/mungret-college-could-re-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Mungret College Could Re-open"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-631\" alt=\"reopening\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mungret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reopening.jpg\" width=\"940\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mungret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reopening.jpg 940w, http:\/\/www.mungret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/reopening-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>200 acre site secured for new schools in Limerick<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>by Colm Ward, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/community\/200-acre-site-secured-for-new-schools-in-limerick-1-5872019\">Limerick Leader<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LIMERICK looks set to get a new secondary school, two primary schools and a neighbourhood park with the joint local authority agreeing a deal to buy the 200-acre Mungret College site.<\/p>\n<p>News of the deal, which is for \u201ceducational and recreational development\u201d in the Raheen, Dooradoyle and Mungret area, came to light this week after local representatives were told that the council was close to concluding lengthy negotiations with NAMA to purchase the site.<\/p>\n<p>Councillors for the area said that the news was revealed at a briefing on the Limerick 2030 plan by Tom Enright, the council\u2019s outgoing director of economic development and planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were told that there will be lands made available for the primary schools and the secondary school and a neighbourhood park similar in size to the one in Castletroy,\u201d said local area councillor James Collins.<\/p>\n<p>The two primary schools are Gaelscoil An R\u00e1ithin and Educate Together, which are both currently operating from temporary facilities. It is also understood that some lands will be used to accommodate Mungret GAA club.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Collins said the acquisition of the lands was \u201ca step in the right direction\u201d and urged Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn to move quickly to approve funding for the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the numbers coming through the primary schools in the area at the moment, it is scary the number of secondary school places that are going to be needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor have previously been told that while there was an acceptance by the Department of Education that a new secondary school was needed for the area, the timescale for such a development was \u201ca different matter\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Labour\u2019s Cllr Joe Leddin said that it is vital that funding is allocated for the park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope today\u2019s news is not another false dawn for the people in Raheen, Dooradoyle and Mungret who have heard promises by politicians for several years now that the much anticipated \u2018neighbourhood park\u2019 would be delivered,\u201d said Cllr Leddin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWhile canvassing Raheen and Dooradoyle as a local councillor I am meeting many parents and residents who are expressing their complete frustration and disappointment that no progress was made in delivering essential recreational amenities despite specific sites identified by the Council and local politicians not materialising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A council spokesman said: \u201cThe council is negotiating the purchase of lands at Mungret College from NAMA to facilitate a new public neighbourhood park and sites for two primary schools.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200 acre site secured for new schools in Limerick by Colm Ward, Limerick Leader LIMERICK looks set to get a new secondary school, two primary schools and a neighbourhood park with the joint local authority agreeing a deal to buy the 200-acre Mungret College site. 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