Cork children's gym club praised for its inclusivity risks closure

Gym needs to raise €6,000 to plug a financial hole to get it through the next three months

Cork Acro member Isobel Twomey bouncing on the trampoline at the National Gymnastics Training Centre Dublin.

An internationally-acclaimed sporting club in Cork, lauded for its inclusivity of all abilities, is facing closure unless it can plug a financial hole to get it through the next three months.

Cork Acro Gymnastics Club, based in Carrigtwohill, has about 600 members, ranging from perennial international gold medalists to beginners.