Department not told of school amalgamation plan

The Department of Education has not been approached about reform plans for four northside Cork schools that include closing the North Monastery primary school.

The proposal from the school’s trustees this week caused anger among management and parents at Scoil Mhuire Fatima at the North Mon, with a 200-year-old history of primary education.

It has been proposed that it be closed and pupils moved by next September to a new school, to be created through an amalgamation with the nearby St Vincent’s Convent primary school.