A secondary school on the southside of Cork city has confirmed that a group of students and staff members on a trip to Turkey are safe and well after an earthquake struck Malatya, a city which they were due to visit.
Students from Coláiste Éamon Rís, on St Patrick's Road in Turner's Cross, were on a stopover in Istanbul and had not commenced their journey to Malatya when an earthquake hit the city.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday has resulted in the death of more than 2,300 people in eastern Turkey and northern Syria.
