Pictured (l-r) is RCSI Vice-President, Mr Declan Magee; Prof Patrick Broe, President of RCSI; Mr Ruairi Quinn, Minister for Education; and Prof Cathal Kelly, CEO/Registrar, RCSI;. The foundation stone of the New RCSI Academic and Education Building was laid this morning by the Minister for Education. The 120,000 sq ft building will comprise a state of the art surgical and clinical training suite containing a flexible wet lab, mock operating theatre, clinical training wards, standardised patients rooms and task training rooms. It will also include a 540 seat auditorium, a library spanning three floors with 500 study spaces, a sports hall and fitness suite.