THE company employed to develop and manage the Cork School of Music is fighting for survival after its share value plunged dramatically yesterday.

It may be of little consolation to those who fought such a frustrating campaign for the new E60 million Cork School of Music, but some good may eventually come of the appalling inter-departmental management of the project which completely delayed it.

Dan Buckley finds the project contractor for the School of Music has been dogged by controversy.

Education Minister Noel Dempsey has announced Government approval for the construction of a new €60m School of Music in Cork.

THE long-awaited redevelopment of the Cork School of Music will not go ahead unless European finance rules are changed, Education Minister Noel Dempsey insisted yesterday.