An Bord Pleanála to hold oral hearing over CPO for new Ballincollig schools 

Objection lodged against compulsory purchase order of 15 acres to develop education campus to provide permanent homes for Gaelscoil an Caisleáin and the Le Chéile secondary school in the town

First year students on the opening day of Le Chéile Secondary School in Ballincollig, in the town's former Cork Film Centre, in September 2021. Picture Dan Linehan

An Bord Pleanála is to hold an oral hearing into the proposed compulsory acquisition of land on the outskirts of Cork City for an education campus.

It follows the lodging of an objection to the compulsory purchase order (CPO) of some 15 acres at Lisheens, just west of Ballincollig, which was published by Cork City Council last year.