Apprentice classrooms plan approved

Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board has been granted permission for the change of use of an existing industrial/warehouse unit at Kilcruttin Business Centre in Tullamore to educational use.

It is proposed, the unit at the business centre on Cormac Stree would be used for three classrooms for a theory element of electrical apprenticeship programmes.

The proposed plans are part of an expansion of apprentice training in LOETB and the proposed facilities are adjoining a new state-of-the-art training workshop for electrical apprentices.

A planning application was lodged in March and on April 25, Offaly County Council granted planning approval, subject to ten conditions