'A significant milestone': Permanent home secured for two Cork schools

Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin has been operating from prefabs on the grounds of the Ballincollig's rugby club since 2017. Le Chéile is currently operating from prefabs on a site behind Ballincollig Community School

Local TD Aindreas Moynihan at the site where the new schools will have a permanent home.

Designs for two new schools which are operating from temporary accommodation in a Cork town are set to be fast-tracked after An Bórd Pleanála confirmed a compulsory purchase order (CPO) to deliver a permanent home for them both.

The decision to approve without modifications Cork City Council’s CPO of the 15-acre site in Lisheens, on the western outskirts of Ballincollig, brings to an end long-term efforts by the Department of Education over many years to secure a site for the schools.