Fermoy school finally gets go-ahead for new premises

A school’s long-running campaign for a new home is coming closer to a conclusion after Cork County Council granted planning permission to a significant new school development in Fermoy.

The local authority has granted permission for a three-storey, 24-classroom Gaelscoil on a two-hectare site in Fermoy. The move would bring to an end years of complaints over conditions in the existing school.

Concerns of overcrowding at Gaelscoil de hÍde on Fermoy’s main street prompted petitions, letter-writing campaigns and a march that brought the town’s traffic to a standstill.