Joy as pupils get to wave goodbye to prefabs

Pupils, parents and staff of an East Cork gaelscoil cheered the news that work should begin on their long-awaited new school building within three years.

Although the project is listed as going to construction in 2014 or 2015, it is a welcome commitment for all concerned at Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Chorann in Midleton.

Principal Máiréad Uí Fhloinn, said they were delighted to finally see a commitment in writing on the Department of Education website. The school has been operating from the Midleton Community Centre and prefab classrooms alongside it since 1999.