Staff at a centre for school dropouts which faces possible closure due to a lack of funding have launched a petition in a bid to convince the Department of Education to save it.

YOU would struggle to find it on a map and it definitely takes a few circuits in the car but the Life Centre in Cork City is, for some early school-leavers, the ultimate destination.

A centre for early school-leavers which faces possible closure unless it secures extra funding has revealed it is turning away a growing number of referrals.