Údarás na Gaeltachta has said it is actively seeking a partner to make use of the decaying Coláiste Íosagáin in Ballyvourney.

Coláiste Íosagáin has been a crumbling eyesore for Údarás na Gaeltachta since it acquired the Ballyvourney site in 1998.

Up to 120 jobs earmarked for Cork have been lost after a company claimed plans to develop an international training college were dashed by Údarás na Gaeltachta’s bureaucracy.