Pupils take top billing in new school opened in former Cork film centre

It is understood the Department of Education is still pursuing a permanent site for the school which has the Catholic Le Chéile Schools Trust as its patron

(Left to right) Staff members Aoife Barry-Murphy, Peter Cregan, Nicola Barrett, Principal, Adam Kelly, Kate McCarthy, Cillian Brennan, Kelly O'Neill and Stephanie Coffey at the opening day of Le Chéile Secondary School, Ballincollig, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

The first intake of students were the stars of the show as a new secondary school opened in a former film centre in Cork.

A total of 21 first years, from all over the city, as well as some from Canada and Kuwait, made their own little bit of history as they became the first students of Le Chéile Ballincollig, which opened its doors for the first time in the former Cork Film Centre building in the town.