'We are being fobbed off': Parents frustrated at lack of progress on new Cork special school

Dozens of Cork children remain without school places as work has yet to commence at site of derelict school in Carrignavar, which is due to open in September

Work has yet to commence at the former site of Scoil an Athar Tadhg in Carrignavar, which has been earmarked by the Department of Education for a new special school for Cork. 

“To be honest, I think we are just being fobbed off. I don’t believe for a second that this place is going to be open for September 2025, not a chance.” 

Those were the words of Sheila Casey Jones, a North Cork mother who remains without an offer of a school place for her son Patrick, 12.