Pupils await rezoning ruling

SCHOOLCHILDREN who are taught in “ramshackle” conditions pleaded with politicians last night to rezone land that will give them a new school next week.

A crucial vote to rezone a portion of Cork’s 10-acre Tank Field will come before the city’s councillors next Monday night. A two thirds majority will be required to secure the rezoning of a 2.3-acre section of the site to allow the Department of Education build a new school for Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn, which is located next door.

City bosses, school management and the department have spent the past five years working to secure the site.