Landbank purchase aims to provide permanent home for Ballincollig schools

Gaelscoil an Caisleáin and the Le Chéile secondary school could be moving out of their temporary accommodation if the proposed compulsory purchase order of the 15-acre site is successful.

A classroom in Le Chéile secondary school, which is currently located in Ballincollig's former Cork Film Centre.

Cork City Council has moved to acquire a landbank on the western outskirts of the city to provide a permanent base for two schools which are currently in temporary accommodation.

Documents outlining the extent of the proposed compulsory purchase order (CPO) of the 15-acre site at Lisheens, on the western side of Ballincollig, have been published, marking a “massive milestone” in the long process to secure an education campus and permanent homes for both Gaelscoil an Caisleáin and the Le Chéile secondary school.