Cork school wants its 'alternative model' recognised and funded

Director and students from the Cork Life Centre to meet with Oireachtas education committee

Don O'Leary director of the Cork Life Centre. 'State agencies all over Cork refer students to us consistently.' Picture Dan Linehan

A Cork school educating students who find themselves outside of mainstream schooling for the past 20 years is appealing for formal recognition and funding for its work. 

The Oireachtas education committee is to meet with the Cork Life Centre on Thursday, with Don O'Leary, the centre's director set to take questions, along with students Caoimhe Cotter and Rhys Wootten who will speak about the difference the school has made to their lives.