Cork City school gets go-ahead for second phase of building programme

The school has been pursuing a two-stage building programme with the Department of Education since 2011

The president of the school council at Scoil Oilibheir delivers a speech watched on by Lord Mayor Cllr. Dan Boyle during his visit to the school in October. The school in Ballyvolane was forced to close a section of the school worked in by 13 teachers and used for special education on health and safety grounds. Picture: Chani Anderson

A primary school on the northside of Cork City has been given the green light to progress to the next stage of a long-awaited building project.

As previously reported by the Irish Examiner earlier this month, Scoil Oilibhéir in Ballyvolane was forced to close a section of the school worked in by 13 teachers and used for special education on health and safety grounds.