Athlone's newest school inaugural open night this evening

The open evening for Coláiste Chiaráin, Athlone's new school, will take place this evening at 7pm. The school, which is the amalgamation of St Joseph’s College, Summerhill and St Aloysius College, will open in September and will cater for up to 1,000 students. The school is located on a 28-acre campus setting.
The new principal Brendan Waldron said he is “looking forward to the challenge” of helping to establish the facility. He will take up the role from the beginning of February.
Mr Waldron is a native of Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo. He has been living in Bealnamulla, Athlone, for a number of years with his wife, Dolores, and daughters, Christina and Ruth, who attend Cloonakilla National School.
He is currently working with the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) on secondment from Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan, where he taught Construction Studies, Materials Technology (Wood), Technical Graphics and Design, and Communication Graphics.
Mr Waldron said: 'I'm very excited and delighted to have been appointed. I'm looking forward to the challenge.
“There is obviously a lot of work to be done and I am looking forward to working with the two schools, the patron, the board of management, and the project management committee.”
Mr Waldron paid tribute to all who have worked to bring the amalgamated school project to this point, saying it was “an exciting development for Athlone and South Roscommon.”
He said the new school building would be a “state of the art” facility which would include “some of the very best educational facilities in the country.”