Protest may not go ahead after breakthrough in gaelscoil row

It was unclear last night if a planned protest by up to 1,000 people would go ahead in Co Cork following news that there had been a breakthrough in a long-running saga over the building of a gaelscoil.

Protesters were expected to walk through the streets of Fermoy on Friday morning to highlight concerns over the lack of movement on a promise to acquire a suitable new home for Gaelscoil de hÍde.

Junior minister Sean Sherlock said he had been informed that the proposed new site had been fenced off and contracts have been exchanged between Cork County Council and a voluntary housing agency that presently owns the site.