Lackagh celebrates start of new school

EXCITED schoolchildren looked on as machinery swung into action at Lackagh National School this week, where the construction of a new school building has begun.
The €2.5m project will deliver a new eight classroom school, with multi-purpose gym, library and ancillary rooms, which is expected to be completed within 12 months.
At a ceremony on the site last Thursday, Fr Des Walsh performed the honours of turning the sod, accompanied by the oldest and youngest pupils in the school, Chloe Devaney and Rachel Jackson.

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