A Letterkenny councillor has voiced his deep disappointment at St Eunan’s College being overlooked as part of a €7.6 billion school investment programme.
Today it was announced that just one school in Donegal, St Columba’s College, Stranorlar, will receive funding for extension and refurbishment.
“St Eunan’s College, with over 1,000 students and a growing waiting list, that currently can’t take any more students was again unsuccessful in a €7.6bn country wide announcement which left only one school successful in Donegal,” said Cllr Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly.
St Eunan’s College currently has one art room, two woodwork/construction rooms, two science labs and two technical graphics/DCG rooms.
Since 1999, there have been more than a dozen plans to develop the college with a view to having modern new classrooms and facilities.
The new extension would provide 37 general classrooms, 20 specialist teaching rooms and more facilities.
“This extension was and is vital for the provision of second level education in Letterkenny and beyond,” Cllr Kelly added.
“After all the hard work put in here particularly by the school principal, staff, committee, student council and parents etc, this is very disappointing and a lot of questions need answering which I will be seeking answers to.”
Cllr Kelly said he is very disappointed after previous Ministers for Education and TD’s in recent years and months seen first hand the importance of this extension and on top of this were made very aware of the current planning application deadline which is due to runout.
