The Christian Brothers and Clonkeen College have been urged to enter into mediation talks over a row involving the planned sale of the south Dublin school’s playing fields for euro18 million. The playing fields are held by trustees acting on behalf of the congregation and are subject of a five-year licence for sporting use. Under a proposed €18 million deal, the congregation will sell seven acres of the playing fields to builder Patrick Durkan Snr. The school’s board of management claim the sale breaches a 2006 agreement with the congregation whose terms included the playing fields would remain available for the school. The Edmund Rice Schools Trust, meanwhile, has sought to scrap Clonkeen College’s board of management over its opposition to the sale.

Source: The Irish Times May 24, 2018 14:48 UTC