After weeks of upheaval, tears, shock and anger, the decision to relocate the Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School to a site at St Oliver s CC was finally reversed last week.
What appeared to be a snap decision to build a new 500 student school on the Rathmullen Road in the space of a few months caused outrage amongst everyone concerned with the Mill Road school.
But students began their own campaign to stay in their present home and the pressure eventually brought its reward - with a hint of common sense thrown in.
Educate Together confirmed that the Department of Education had reached agreement in principle to purchase a permanent site for the school which incorporates its current temporary site on Mill Road, so that a permanent building can be constructed at the school s current location.
MC Mining Limited ( MC Mining or the Company ) is pleased to announce that the South African Department of Mineral Resources & Energy ( DMRE ) has granted the remaining mining right for its 74% owned Mopane coking and thermal coal project ( Mopane Project ) in the Limpopo province. The Mopane Project, together with the Chapudi and Generaal Projects, comprise the Company s longer-term Greater Soutpansberg Project ( GSP ) in the Soutpansberg Coalfield. The GSP is located within close proximity to the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone ( SEZ ), an area designated by government to focus on, amongst others, energy and metallurgical industries. The Company submitted mining right applications for the three GSP project areas to the DMRE during 2013 and the Chapudi Project mining right was granted in December 2018, followed by the Generaal Project mining right in November 2019. The Mopane Project contains 230 million gross tonnes in situ
MC Mining Limited ( MC Mining or the Company ) which operates in South Africa, together with its subsidiaries, hereby provides its update for the three months ended 31 December 2020, the second quarter (the Quarter ) of the Company s 2021 financial year. All figures are denominated in United States dollars unless otherwise stated. Safety metrics are compared to the preceding quarter while financial and operational metrics are measured against the comparable period in the previous financial year . A copy of this report is available on the Company s website, www.mcmining.co.za . Salient operational and corporate features · The focus on health and safety continued at the high-grade Uitkomst metallurgical and thermal coal mine ( Uitkomst Colliery or Uitkomst ), with one lost-time injury ( LTI ) recorded during the Quarter (FY2021 Q1: three LTIs);
Meath County Council has begun a series of measures to improve safety for school students using the Colpe Road.
It will involve a discussion with stakeholders to try and avoid the children having to use the route over the Colpe bridge and would be a temporary, alternative route.
Present works proposed include the installation of speed limit signage and the flattening of the verge. However, if the verges were to be levelled it would leave them open to the elements and risk turning the walkway into mud in wet weather.
Meath CC are proposing to install a gravel surface to avoid this but these works would require occupation of the verge for nearly two weeks and there would be no route available for the pedestrians while this work was progressing forcing them onto the roadway or to cross to the other side.