Sound of music as €60m school officially opens

THE €60 million Cork School of Music catering for 3,500 students from ages 5 to 75 was officially opened yesterday — eight years after being first announced.

Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin described the intervening period as a bumpy ride on his way into the ceremony at the building on Union Quay.

At 1.38pm, Education Minister Mary Hanafin declared the CIT Cork School of Music officially open, during an event which featured musical performances from the institution’s wide range of student profiles.