Teenager shocked by councillors’ mentality

DOUGLAS Swimming Pool in Corkcaters for 2,300 schoolchildren and over 250 competitive swimmers from Sundays Well swimming club every week.

However, this seems to have been ignored by city councillors because, under a public-private partnership, schools and clubs may be allocated only a fraction of the hours they have now. I went to the City Hall meeting recently and was shocked by the mentality of the councillors who seemed to think only of profit. Is there a need for financial profit in a community-based learning facility? Surely the public good is profit enough.

It was a shock to me as a 15-year-old to see how the committee functions. They kept the information on this merger a secret from the people it would most affect for as long as possible.