Kinsale principal warns of school overcrowding ‘crisis’

A PRINCIPAL has spoken out on a “crisis situation” in her overcrowded school and warned that the failure of the Department of Education to keep its promises could lead to a limit on enrolment.

Sr Mary Donovan, principal at Kinsale Community College, has written to public representatives inviting them to a meeting next month at which she will outline the serious situation she, her staff and pupils face.

The school was built in 1996 and according to the Department of Education was fit for a maximum capacity of 460 pupils.