Éamon de Valera's former school in Cork reopens as social housing

A former Cork school, attended by Éamon de Valera, has been reopened as social housing units.

It is the latest in a growing list of projects from the Peter McVerry Trust that is reusing derelict and empty buildings.The school was attended by former President Éamon de Valera for three years, between 1896 and 1898.Remodelled in the 1920s, and eventually closed in 1972, the building was delisted in 2014 - and used by various community groups until it fell into disrepair.

The property is made up of seven one-bed apartments, as well as a three-bed and a two-bed apartment for families, along with communal garden facilities. Officially launching the new homes, Tánaiste Micheál Martin said:"It is greatly encouraging to see a derelict building brought back into use for social homes, particularly one of such historic importance.

Social housing for who.. the 2nd Plantation, Nigerian asylum scammers, Roma welfare tourists and Irish crackheads.. the fking irony and insult

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