Department examines alternative sites for secondary school in Ballincollig

The Department of Education says “a potential suitable site has been identified with Cork City Council"

(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, in September. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Department of Education says it is examining all alternative options for a new secondary school premises in a Cork town after it was refused planning for temporary accommodation for the school on a GAA club car park.

Cork City Council planners shot down the department’s application for two double-storey prefabs on a portion of the main car park at Ballincollig GAA club to accommodate the Le Chéile secondary school which opened last September with 21 students in the former Cork Film Centre building nearby.