Second Cork school opposes North Mon merger

Parents at the second of two Cork city primary schools proposed for amalgamation have voted unanimously against the move.

The decision of last night’s meeting at all-boys Scoil Mhuire Fatima North Monastery follows a similar decision at the weekend by a parents’ meeting in the neighbouring St Vincent’s primary school on the city’s northside.

Both schools were the subject of last week’s announcement that their trustees want to close the North Mon school and amalgamate the two on the St Vincent’s site next September. The convent girls’ school currently teaches boys up to first class, before most go on to Scoil Mhuire Fatima.