Parents placed in 'Darwinian-type' competition for school places in East Cork

The Department of Education has been urged to find a solution to the lack of secondary school places in East Cork amid claims parents and children are "pitted against each other" in competition for places.

The Department of Education has been urged to find a solution to the lack of secondary school places in East Cork amid claims parents and children are "pitted against each other" in competition for places.

Earlier this year, dozens of children were left without a secondary school place as late as the summer due to what parents described as a ‘chronic lack’ of places in the region.