St Comgall’s to be torn down, despite appeals from public

By The Newsroom
Published 20th Dec 2011, 15:37 BST
PLEAS to save the former St Comgall’s College buildings appear to have fallen on deaf ears, with the arrival of a demolition team at the site this week.

With the Bankhead Lane site now lying vacant, a number of local people had called for the premises to be put to better use, with some suggesting that it could be a suitable site for the relocation of Corran Integrated Primary – which is currently operating out of mobile classrooms at Blackcave North.

As previously reported in the Times, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) received permission from the Department of Education to demolish the former St Comgall’s site, but had decided to put this on hold pending further exploration of the matter.

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It now seems that all hope of preserving the 50-year-old school premises has evaporated, as contractors McCormack Demolition are now on site.

East Antrim MLA Roy Beggs, who has campaigned for the buildings to be utilised by another party, spoke of his “disappointment” that the demolition would be going ahead.