'Unapologetically Catholic' parent-run private school is seeking move to Cork's Pope's Quay

Mater Dei Academy hopes to counteract the "ongoing de-Christianization of Ireland" and "rapidly declining academic standards"

The Dominican Centre, Popes Quay

A STAUNCHLY Catholic independent parent-run private school, the first of its kind in Ireland, is hoping to move into the Dominican Centre on Pope’s Quay, according to a planning application lodged with Cork City Council by the Dominican Order.

The Mater Dei Academy, based on an “unapologetically Catholic” education model, has been operating out of a premises on Ferry Lane, near St Mary’s Church, for the past year, but is hoping to move to the Dominican Pastoral Centre, near St Mary's Dominican Church and Priory, on the corner of Mulgrave Road and Pope’s Quay.