School considers mortgage as classes take place in shed

IF YOU thought the bad old days of the hedge school had been banished to folk memory by the Celtic Tiger, think again: it’s close relative, the shed school, is playing host to 18 pupils in a west Cork town.

The garden shed, which measures 16ft by 8ft, was purchased six years ago today and is still in use.

It is used — not all at one time — by 18 pupils for special needs classes.