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Mon 03 Mar 2007McDowell says school closure is unacceptableTánaiste Michael McDowell has described the closure of a secondary school as unacceptable, contrary to the stance taken by Cabinet colleague and Minister for Education Mary Hanafin.Mr McDowell has pledged to discuss the future of south Galway school Seamount College in Kinvara with Ms Hanafin in a attempt to ensure that the community is provided with an alternative when the Sisters of Mercy close it in five years time.