Gaelscoil gets planning extension despite opposition

An Bord Pleanála has granted a Gaelscoil on Cork city’s northside another extension of temporary planning permission despite opposition from some local residents.

The planning appeals authority upheld the decision of Cork City Council to allow Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn to continue to operate from its existing pre-fab buildings for up to another four years.

The multi-denominational, co-ed primary school, which has around 350 pupils, is currently housed in the overflow car park at Brian Dillon’s GAA Club in the Tank Field on Murmont Avenue in Montenotte.