Gaelscoil welcomes green light for building

A Cork Gaelscoil has welcomed a court decision that should let its new school building go ahead.

Residents failed in their claim for customary rights to walk at the Tank Field in Mayfield yesterday as the Circuit Court judge told Cork City Council there was nothing to stop them going ahead with their plans.

Those plans include selling two of the 10-plus acres to allow construction of a new school for Gaelscoil An Ghoirt Álainn, for which there is planning permission, and to make changes in the arrangements for Brian Dillon’s GAA club in the area, including changes to pitch layout and giving the club a 99-year lease on their two acres. The remaining six acres will remain accessible to the public.