Parents furious over relocation of school

Angry parents demanded information last night after they suddenly learnt their children’s fee-paying school is to relocate within days from the city centre to the suburbs.

Just yesterday, days before the Scoil Mhuire pupils were to return for the new secondary school year, they were told that the school had run out of classroom space as a landlord had decided in July not to continue renting to the school.

As a result, the entire school, normally located at Sidney Place, was being “forced” to relocate to an industrial estate in Blackpool as teachers could not be expected to travel a mile and a half between classes at the new rental property and classes at the rest of the school.