Parents to be asked again to pick new school patron

Parents in an East Cork community are to be asked, for the second time in two years, for their preferred patron for a new primary school

The Department of Education plans to support the opening of a primary school in the Carrigtwohill area, between Cork City and Midleton, next September. It is one of seven areas in which new primary schools to open in 2015 and 2016 were announced yesterday by Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan.

It had previously been proposed to establish a school last September to cater for the area’s rising population, with two prospective patrons offering themselves as an option — both offering a multi-denominational model.