'Absolutely criminal' Cork's largest school campus still has no grass playing pitches

Councillors say nearly 1,500 pupils are denied outdoor sports facilities despite pitches being a condition of planning permission

The Cobh Municipal District Council, which is in charge of the Carrigtwohill area, wrote to the Department of Education about this, but received no reply. Picture: Carrigtwohill Community NS

Cork County Council is demanding that the Department of Education open promised playing pitches at the county’s largest school campus.

It has been described as “absolutely criminal” that about 1,500 students at Carrigtwohill Community NS (formally Scoil Chlíodhna), Carrigtwohill Community College and Scoil Mhuire Naofa NS still have no access to grass pitches, which were supposed to be created as part of the campus’ planning permission when it opened nearly two years ago.