Council expels plans for temporary secondary school in Ballincollig

The department had sought temporary permission for the car park school for a period of no longer than five years.

Principal Nicola Barrett said the planning decision won't affect enrolment plans for next year. (Left to right) Le Chéile teaching staff, front row: Kelly O'Neill, Stephanie Coffey, Nicola Barrett (Principal) and Aoife Barry-Murphy. Back row: Kate McCarthy, Peter Cregan, Adam Kelly, Cillian Brennan and Tony Lee (Chairperson, Board of Management).

Plans for a temporary secondary school on the grounds of a GAA club have been shot down, highlighting a schools site crisis in a Cork suburb.

Cork City Council cited four reasons for its refusal to grant planning to the Department of Education for two double-storey prefabs on a portion of the main car park at Ballincollig GAA club, to accommodate the Le Chéile Ballincollig secondary school which opened last September in the former Cork Film Centre building nearby.