‘No magic wand’ on northside schools’ futures

Management at primary schools on the northside of Cork City are to meet and thrash out a way of ensuring their survival in the face of falling enrolments.

CEO of the Edmund Rice Trust, Gerry Bennett, said the chairpersons of the boards of management at the North Monastery, St Vincent’s Convent, and the North Presentation would meet to try and come up with a solution to ensure they can continue.

It follows an earlier proposal that the North Mon and St Vincent’s would merge on the St Vincent’s site, a suggestion which prompted a furious reaction from parents of children attending the North Mon.