Doubts cast over Cork special school opening as work yet to begin

Parents fear Cork’s new special school won’t open by September, leaving children with additional needs without school places

The former site of Scoil an Athar Tadhg in Carrignavar, earmarked by the Department of Education for a new special school for Cork remains derelict.

Serious doubt has been cast over the opening of a new school in Cork for students with complex additional needs in time for this September.

Work has yet to commence on the clearing of a site in the rural village of Carrignavar earmarked by the Department of Education for a new special school due to open for the coming school year.