Author Sheila O’Flanagan opposes new school over concerns about students' 'unimpeded' view of bedroom

One of the country’s best selling authors, Sheila O’Flanagan, has told An Bord Pleanala that the construction of a new school near her Dublin home will be “catastrophic” for her privacy.

Last month, Dublin City Council gave the go-ahead to Bono’s old secondary school, Mount Temple School on Malahide Road, Clontarf, for a new three-storey school accommodating 1,000 students.