School in row with bishop over co-educational status

A BITTER standoff is looming between a Cork school and its patron, the Bishop of Cork and Ross, ahead of a High Court showdown over its co-educational status.

The board of management of Scoil Naomh Terese in Bishopstown is planning to take High Court proceedings within weeks against the Department of Education in an attempt to be designated a co-educational school.

The department said, however, that the matter is between the school and its patron, Dr John Buckley, who has refused to grant the school co-ed status in the first place.