Department of Education accused of 'disgraceful behaviour' over refusal of sports pitch for Cork school

Carrigtwohill Community School has been left without a grass pitch after department decided not to allow use of a field for its 1,800 pupils

Cork County Council is urging the Department of Education to rectify the issue at Carrigtwohill Community School and open the designated three-acre site for school sports. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A Cork school with more than 1,800 pupils has been left with no grass pitch, despite land being earmarked for it.

Cork County Council is urging the Department of Education to rectify the issue at Carrigtwohill Community School and open the designated three-acre site for school sports.