Fears that country’s oldest Irish summer college in Cork may not reopen this year

100 years after Coláiste na Mumhan opened, Coiste Forbartha Béal Átha’n Ghaorthaidh has expressed concerns about the future of the historically important Irish college 

The development association in Ballingeary, Co Cork, said it does not have any confidence in the Coláiste na Mumhan committee. File picture: Dan Linehan

A Gaeltacht community has called for clarity from the group which runs the country’s oldest Irish summer college amid concerns that it won’t open this summer.

The development association, Coiste Forbartha Béal Átha’n Ghaorthaidh, in Ballingeary, Co Cork, said the Coláiste na Mumhan committee needs to reveal its plans, or hand the running of the college over to the community.