Population boom accelerates need for East Cork secondary school places 

Sherry Gill, Rhodri Mears, Niamh Wylde and Gillian Newman, campaigning in Midleton, Co Cork, to highlight the need for a new secondary school in the East Cork region. Picture: David Keane

A new secondary school is needed in East Cork to address a clear shortage of places and rapid population growth, according to concerned parents and community members.

It is all too common to hear the accounts of children in the area left without a secondary school place until well into the year, according to the East Cork Educate Together Secondary School group.