Music school to stand student in election

THE campaign to secure funding for the Cork School of Music has intensified by the decision to run a student as a candidate on the issue in next year’s local elections in the city.

Music teacher Gerry Kelly has already decided to stand for a council seat in protest at the delay, which has kept classes for thousands of young people in temporary accommodation for two years.

The latest move comes with no sign of an announcement on funding imminent from the Government, which has stalled on the 60 million public private partnership (PPP) project because of difficulties over EU budgetary rules. The Teachers Union of Ireland Cork colleges branch decided on Monday night to put forward candidates in each of the six electoral wards next June.