€9.5m development works completed on this Kildare school

Development works have been completed on St Evin's School (Monasterevin National School), Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, Co Kildare.

According to Construction Information Services (CIS), the completion date for the €9.5m project was December 20 2025, with works confirmed as complete on January 5 2026.

The development works involved the following: the demolition of an existing single storey school building, site structures containing asbestos and temporary accommodation and the phased construction of a new part two-storey, part single-storey school building.

The new school building is comprised of 24 classrooms; special needs unit; GP room; library; resource rooms; staff room; ancillary accommodation, all measuring approximately 4,300sqm.

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The associated site works include: ball courts; yard area; grass playing areas; car parking; bicycle parking; boundary walls; vehicular entry/exit points; pedestrian access points; traffic calming measures to the front of the site and all other ancillary site works.

The main contractor for the project is Coolsivna Construction Limited, and the architect is McCarthy O'Hora and Associates.

CIS lists the start date for the development as May 18 2022.