The students and teachers of Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn are delighted to be finally moving into their very first bricks and mortar school, after spending more than two decades in prefabs in an overflow carpark of Brian Dillons GAA club, writes Jess Casey.

Sciath na Scol officials will learn tonight if Páirc Uí Rinn is to be made available by the Cork County Board to stage 12 schools football finals in November.

Ten thousand homes were affected by major disruption to the water supply on the northside of Cork City yesterday which forced the closure of at least one school.