Department's plans to split Cork school condemned by principal

The plan could see children separated from their siblings as well as the administrative and support hubs of their school community

“Clearly the people making this plan have no knowledge of the local area,” says principal Trina Golden. File picture: Denis Minihane

A Cork principal has criticised the Department of Education's proposal to split the development of her school, Owenabue Educate Together National School (OETNS), across two sites on either side of one of Ireland’s busiest commuter towns.

Under the department's plan for September 2024, whilst the main school will remain in Herons Wood, two classes will move to prefabricated classrooms on the site of Carrigaline Educate Together National School (CETNS) in Kilnagleary.