The incident occurred on the N60 Castlebar-Claremorris road in Balla
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Funding has been granted to repair the roof at the sports hall in St Brendan's College, Belmullet.
Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary has confirmed that €600,000 has been secured from the Department of Education for St. Brendan’s College under the Emergency Funding Grant Scheme.
Ballina based Calleary stated: “I have been working with Principal Michael Walshe, Deputy Principal Howard Treacy and the management of St Brendan’s College for a number of months. I am delighted to confirm that the application has been successful and funding totalling €600,000 has been secured from the Department for the essential repair to the roof of the PE Hall and Practical Rooms, following damage caused in recent storms.
"I am pleased that my representations to the current and previous Minister have been heard and that the Department has moved to process the application. The school can now move forward to have the necessary repair works completed after the state examinations,” he said.
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