School hopes to stay in city centre

A fee-paying Cork secondary school hopes to remain in its city centre location after parents raised concerns about plans to move classes to a temporary location 3km away.

Scoil Mhuire notified parents this week they have been forced to move the entire school to the Sunbeam industrial estate in Blackpool, as a city centre house being used for some classes during renovations was no longer available.

Notice of the proposed move came just days before classes were due to resume next week and a premises, previously used by City of Cork Vocational Education Committee, is being readied for the move. But parents want an alternative location closer to the school’s inner city base, at Sidney Place, on Wellington Rd.