'Heartbeat of community' closing with immediate effect

A meeting is scheduled between Cork City Childcare and a childcare provider for Monday, which may bring Before 5 one step closer to being saved

Cllr Kenneth Collins, a 'past-pupil' of the centre with past-pupil and now staff member Christine Mullins after the meeting at the centre. Picture: Larry Cummins

Families and staff were expected to protest on Monday at the closure of a creche and community centre in Cork city 

Staff at the Before 5 childcare facility were told via text last week that their centre, described as “the heartbeat of the community”, was closing with immediate effect.