AN appeal against Cork City Council’s refusal of planning for a new home for one of the country’s oldest multi-denominational gaelscoileanna is expected to be lodged within days.

BOUNDARY changes, a retirement, and a clerical error have thrown the race for the fourth seat in this redrawn northside ward wide open.

A DECISION by An Bórd Pleanála to grant planning permission for a new school on land zoned for sport is final, Cork city councillors will be told tonight.