Student hospitalised after suspected gas leak

A teenager was treated in hospital and more than a dozen were medically assessed at one of West Cork’s biggest secondary schools after a suspected gas leak yesterday.

Parents of the affected students at Maria Immaculata Community College in Dunmanway were extremely critical of school management last night over how they handled the incident.

“It was atrocious really. We got no information whatsoever about what happened — no note, not even a text. We were kept in the dark. We’re still not sure what happened, or what’s been done about it,” said one parent, who asked not to be named.