Update given on new Bunscoil/GAA pitch

Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín and party colleague Shauneen Baker joined a delegation from Bunscoil Bheann Mhadagaín and Ardoyne Kickhams GAC that met with Northern Education Minister Caitríona Ruane at the assembly this week to discuss the development of a new school and GAA pitch at the Cricky site on the Cliftonville Road.
Representatives from Bunscoil Bheann Mhadagaín and Ardoyne Kickhams GAC along with Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín met with Minister Caitríona Ruane at the Assembly on Tuesday.

The meeting was to discuss the new building for the school and the development of a GAA pitch on the Cricky site. The Department of Education is currently considering an economic appraisal of the plans which the school and GAA club have been waiting more than seven years for the build to go ahead.

“I am happy with the meeting and although progress is slow it is still moving on,’ she Carál Ní Chuilín.
“In the heart of government there is a big equality issue for North Belfast and the provision for Irish Medium Education needs to be addressed and a fit for purpose building needs to be built for Bunscoil Bheann Mhadagaín."

Education minister Caitríona Ruane said the meeting was ‘useful’.
"My Department has recently received an economic appraisal for the proposal which is currently under consideration and the school’s Trustees will be notified once this process has been completed,” she added.
“The staff, governors, parents and pupils of Bunscoil Bheann Mhadagáin have worked very hard to develop their school and I commend them on the excellent job they have done under difficult conditions.”