Extra classrooms planned for North Tipp agriculture college

There are plans for a major expansion of Gurteen College in North Tipp.

A planning application has been lodged for additional classrooms at the agriculture college near Ballingarry.

A new two-storey building comprising of six general classrooms is proposed for the 1,000 acre site which first opened in 1947.

Also included is a new internal pedestrian campus while 38 existing carparking spaces would be relocated south of the existing administrative and dormitory block.