It was a case of full-steam ahead for these students who were allowed bring a steamroller to school for the sake of their art.

A North Cork community will be out in force this morning to demand that the Government presses on with plans to provide a new facility for an overcrowded school in their town.

Parents campaigning for a new, 800-pupil, all-Irish secondary school in a Cork town will meet TDs next week as they ramp up their campaign to avert a looming schools place crisis.