'Our students deserve better' - overcrowded school is ‘forced to teach students in hall and staff room’

Educate Together establishment in Fermoy ‘in dire need of space’ for its 87 pupils as demand for places grows

Pupils squeeze into a classroom at Fermoy Educate Together

Ralph Riegel

A severe lack of space has resulted in a primary school having to teach students in the hallway and staff room, with the situation expected to get worse as demand rises for places for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Principal Toni Maguire, of Fermoy Educate Together (FET) in Co Cork, said the teachers and board of management would not remain silent while staff and students were put in an impossible situation due to lack of space.