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Permission sought for a new St Francis School building in Portlaoise

A school for children with learning disabilities that was left last on the list for a new building in Portlaoise, is finally seeing the start of progress, warmly welcomed by parents. St Francis school in Portlaoise has 94 pupils aged 5 to 20 from ...

10 May 2017 at 17:18

Schools

Prefab removal has started at Portlaoise school ahead of complete demolition

Workers have moved on-site today at a vacated Portlaoise school to begin removing prefabs, with the school to be soon completely demolished. St Paul's NS on the Borris Road closed its doors last June, with the students now part of the new parish ...

07 Nov 2017 at 11:19

Portarlington

Laois parents hold public meeting in face of school place shortages

A public meeting to highlight the lack of suitable school places for children with additional needs has been set up by families from Laois. The meeting will be held in Portlaoise Parish Centre on Wednesday November 20 at 6:30pm, and is ...

19 Nov 2024 at 20:53

Schools

Christmas gifts from Portlaoise prisoners to St Francis pupils

A beautiful wooden rocking horse was gifted to the students of St Francis School this week. The rocking horse was made by one prisoner in Portlaoise Prison, and is the result of two months of dedicated handcrafted work. The horse was ...

28 Nov 2017 at 13:34

Local News

New Laois school that cost millions of euro is too small

A new school building in Portlaoise, which was part of a €12 million contract, is set for more construction work after it emerged that the new building is too small to cope with the demand for places. So Laois Offaly TD and Minister ...

14 Apr 2022 at 19:13

Portlaoise

Construction of new building for Laois special needs school is to be 'fast-tracked'

A brand new building for Laois children with learning disabilities has been escalated to ‘rapid build’ status by the Department of Education, to open in a year. The 94 pupils aged 5 to 19 in St Francis School are to get a new ...

12 Jul 2017 at 10:22

Schools

Laois special schools 'excluded' from major Government pilot-plan

Laois and Offaly have been left out of a nationwide 'pilot plan' to redistribute therapists through 16 special schools in the coming year. The aim of this new plan is to 'provide delivery of in-school therapy supports to ...

22 Aug 2024 at 20:53

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