Labour MEP, Emer Costello, has welcomed the commencement of construction at Grangegorman campus, stating it will be key to the regeneration of the North Inner City.

Costello, a former Dublin Lord Mayor and local resident, was speaking as the sod was turned on the €26m Site Infrastructure and Public Realm development at the site.

She said: "As a former member of the Grangegorman Development Agency, I am delighted that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today finally turned the sod on a new unified campus at Grangegorman for DIT.

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"The new Grangegorman site is a strategic project for Dublin and will provide much needed construction jobs over coming years. The €26 million development which has begun today will see over 200 construction workers on site. In tandem with jobs, the development will play a pivotal role in the regeneration of the North Inner City.

"Often promised in the old days by Fianna Fail, particularly around election time, a world-class educational facility at Grangegorman is now finally being delivered by Labour and Minister Ruairi Quinn in government."

(CD/JP)