Students left out of pocket after shock closure

A group of international students attending a language school in Cork have been left out of pocket after its closed without notice.

Students attending the Allied Irish College at 85 South Mall in Cork City arrived to find the school’s signs torn down and the doors locked on Monday.

Maria, not her real name, a 26-year-old biology graduate from Sao Paolo in Brazil, said she had been transferred to Allied Irish College from Millennium College Dublin. She paid €1,000 for an English language course she hoped to attend for three months.