Santa helps Cork school to deck the halls

 It was ho-ho-holly all the way for the children at North Monastery Primary School when the big man himself paid a flying visit from the North Pole to help them decorate their school 

North Monastery Primary School pupils Peter Dineen and Caine Wolfe greet Santa as he arrives at the school. Picture: Larry Cummins

Christmas has arrived early for one school in Cork, whose students even had help from the big man himself to deck the halls of their school.

North Monastery Primary School students helped decorate a 'Winter Wonderland' throughout their school in Cork city on Thursday evening, and Santa himself even showed up to help lend a hand.