Four major school projects to proceed in Cork under €100m development

A population surge in East Cork has underlined the need for more school places in the area

Patrician Academy, Mallow, Co Cork, suffered a devastating fire in 2016.

More than €100m has been ringfenced for four major school projects in Co Cork, with the Department of Education set to go to tender for construction shortly.

They include a new community college and two primary schools to be constructed on a single campus in Carrigtwohill, as well as the rebuilding of the Patrician Academy in Mallow, which suffered a devastating fire in 2016.