DOHERTY WELCOMES END TO HOLY CROSS DELAYS

West Tyrone Sinn Fein MP Pat Doherty, speaking at this morning’s announcement that Holy Cross College in Strabane is now on schedule to open on 24th February 2008 after a long series of delays said,

“The undue delay in progressing the Holy Cross project has been extremely frustrating for all concerned, and owes much to the nature of Direct Rule. It is inconceivable that such delays would have been allowed to happen if locally accountable Ministers had been in place.

“However, as a result of today’s announcement there is now light at the end of the tunnel with the new state of the art facility now well on schedule to open by the 14th September 2008.

“Much work has went on behind the scenes to overcome all the obstacles that have presented themselves and I would like to pay tribute to everyone who has worked tirelessly to ensure that this and future generations of Strabane children will have flag ship educational facilities which will compare favourably to anywhere else in the world.