Three into one goes smoothly for Skibbereen schools

It is a reworking of an old maths lesson: Remember how ‘three into one won’t go’? Well, it might be time for some revision on that equation.

Yesterday, in the West Cork town of Skibbereen, the minister for education turned the sod on a new €9m project that, come May 2016, will see three post-primary schools become one.

There was even a slight touch of Oscar-style intrigue as minister Jan O’Sullivan was handed a golden envelope containing the name of the new school, which will amalgamate the existing Mercy Heights, St Fachtna’s De La Salle, and Rossa College schools.