Ruairí Quinn TD, Minister for Education & Skills, today (Fri) congratulated Louth County Council on the delivery of a new 16-classroom primary school in Drogheda, Co Louth. Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa is the first school to be delivered by a local authority on behalf of the Department of Education & Skills under new arrangements aimed at building schools more efficiently and cost-effectively.

The new primary school has a capacity for up to 480 pupils and is located on Ballymakenny Road in Drogheda where a school has been operating from prefabs. From September, pupils and teachers will move into the new state–of-the-art school.

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The innovative €3.4m project was managed by Louth County Council and delivered on time and within budget. The main contractors were Purcell Construction while Gerry Cahill Architects were also involved from concept to completion.

Minister Quinn said: "I want to congratulate Louth County Council on the hard work involved in bringing this project to completion. They worked closely with my Department and the school community to ensure delivery of the first phase of an education campus for the benefit of all in the Drogheda area."

The second phase of the campus development involves the provision of a new 1,000-student post-primary school. Both of these schools have been prioritised in order to cater for the growing population in the Drogheda region.

"Following on from the success achieved with this primary school project, Louth County Council has recently entered into an agreement with my Department to deliver the new post primary school on the same site," said the Minister.

(CD/GK)