Iconic Cork Gaeltacht building to get 'new purpose in new era'

Coláiste Íosagáin in Baile Mhúirne has lain idle since the school closed in 1989. Picture: Seán Donegan

Long-awaited construction work this summer will give “new purpose in a new era” to an iconic 1930s building after decades of neglect.

Coláiste Íosagáin's gradual decline into dereliction has seen the imposing former boarding school beside the N22 Cork-Killarney road in Baile Mhúirne become a boarded-up symbol of decay.