Conradh na Gaeilge calls for urgent support and provision for
Fermanagh’s Irish-medium primary school Bunscoil an Traonaigh in light
of report from The Detail and Meon Eile.
Two-and-a-half years after the green light was given to move the school from its temporary accommodation on the outskirts of Lisnaskea – it is still in limbo, with children being taught in mobile buildings described as “falling apart” and P5-P7s being educated in a canteen.
In December 2015 the then Sinn Féin Education Minister John O’Dowd agreed to the school moving on to the site of a former state-run high school, but the scheme faced delays under DUP minister Peter Weir before Stormont collapsed in early 2017. The department now says it cannot fund the move.
Two-and-a-half years after the green light was given to move the school from its temporary accommodation on the outskirts of Lisnaskea – it is still in limbo, with children being taught in mobile buildings described as “falling apart” and P5-P7s being educated in a canteen.
In December 2015 the then Sinn Féin Education Minister John O’Dowd agreed to the school moving on to the site of a former state-run high school, but the scheme faced delays under DUP minister Peter Weir before Stormont collapsed in early 2017. The department now says it cannot fund the move.
