Largy College, near Clones, Co Monaghan, is seeking planning permission for a new second-level college with sports hall facilities, Elaine Farrelly writes. The college was born from the amalgamation of St Patrick's High School and St Tiernach's Secondary School in the early 1990s and has about 450 pupils. Plans for the new 600pupils, 5,785 sq m envisage the demolition of a derelict building and the diversion of an existing watercourse. There will be provision for playing fields and 45 car-parking spaces and service areas. In Co Sligo, the Banada Abbey and the Marist Convent secondary schools recently amalgamated and plan to build a secondary school for up to 675 pupils on a site bounded by the Ballina Road at Ballyara, Tubbercurry. This 7,000 sq m school will have sports hall facilities, playing fields, hardcourt areas and car-parking.