18 sex offenders live close to school cluster

Eighteen registered sex offenders are living within walking distance of a cluster of schools near Cork City centre housing thousands of students.

The offenders are living close to a cluster of primary and secondary schools in the Wellington Road area in Cork’s north inner city area.

The schools include primary and secondary schools such as Christian Brothers College, St Angela’s College, St Patrick’s, St Luke’s CoI, Scoil Mhuire, Bruce College, and Hewitt College.