Funding secured for Cork Life Centre after long campaign

"The fight goes on but we do it from a place now where all of the team know that we have the same nine people coming back year to year. It’s huge for the centre."

Cork Life Centre director Don O'Leary (left) with Taoiseach Micheál Martin during a visit to the northside alternative education facility. Mr O'Leary said: “I’m certain at this stage that this will help to guarantee the centre into the future." Picture: Donal O'Keeffe.

The director of the Cork Life Centre is confident that the future of the education centre in Sunday's Well has been secured.

It comes as an agreement was reached with the Department of Education following negotiations around a funding model for the school which works with students outside of mainstream education.