Mallow school hoping to resume classes

The head of a historic secondary school which was engulfed by fire said they hope to resume classes as planned within weeks.

Catherine Fitzpatrick, principal of the Patrician Academy in Mallow, Co Cork, said she is liaising closely with the Department of Education as investigation s into yesterday’s devastating blaze continue.

The school’s 1992-built two-storey extension was gutted in the blaze which broke out around 3.20am. It contained three science laboratories with a tiered demonstration room, two drawing rooms, a building construction room, a geography lab, and four classrooms.