Teachers' concerns raise doubts over plan to change DEIS school to a Gaelcholáiste

(Left to right) Clara and Chloe, two students from Scoil Bhríde at Leinster House with more than 100 students from five Gaelscoils (Bunscoil Synge, Gaelscoil Eoin, Gaelscoil Inse Chór, Gaelscoil Lios na nÓg and Scoil Bhríde), protesting this week in support of the Gaelcholáiste that was promised last September and that is yet to be developed in their school area. Picture Maxwells Dublin

Doubt has been cast over plans to switch a well-known all-boys English medium DEIS school in Dublin to a Gaelcholáiste after its teachers raised serious concerns about the move.

Following growing demand in the south Dublin area for Irish-medium, second-level education, the Department of Education announced last September that Synge Street CBS was to transition to a co-educational Gaelcholáiste from September 2026.