Objections lodged over gaelscoil building [thecorknews.ie]
- Published: 08 September 2011
A Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn teacher has described objections to the plans for a new school building as both “frustrating” and “heartbreaking”.
Keith Ó Brolacháin, who also is on the school’s Parent and Teacher Action Committee said the school, which is currently housed in temporary surroundings, needed a more permanent fixture.
In 1998, Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn moved to prefabs in the carpark of Brian Dillon's GAA Club in the Tank Field. It was hoped in 2001 that the school would move to a new site at Tinker’s Cross in Mayfield, however, this was shelved due to funding issues. Planning permission is now being sought for the development of a two storey, 16-classroom primary school on the western end of the Tank Field.
However, detailed objections to the proposed primary school were submitted to the Planning Office at Cork City Council earlier this week. Both Montenotte and Murmount Residents Associations submitted their objections to the planning application on a number of grounds, including that the school would not be sustainable.
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