Staff at the Cork School of Music suspended industrial action yesterday after a commitment was given that a meeting would be held with the Department of Education within the next 10 days.
Music classes had been cancelled yesterday as staff and students staged a protest at the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), over the failure of the Government to fund the new school.
Classes have been held in 16 locations around Cork city, including a hotel, since the project was announced in 2000.
However, staff said yesterday they are unwilling to teach in the cramped conditions under which they are forced to work.
In a show of solidarity with staff, music school students participated in the planned strike at which they voiced their concern at the lack of consideration for their education.
"I was told when I first became a student three years ago that the new building would be ready this September, but this isn't the case and students are suffering because of it," Mr Fabian Huss, a fourth-year student, said.
According to Mr Huss, some students are forced to spend their day rushing between different locations, some miles apart, in a bid to make their scheduled classes.
"It's crazy. Some of my classmates have to get from one class in the city centre out to Bishopstown in the space of 30 minutes, which often doesn't work and is unfair pressure on them."
Yesterday's action was called off following a meeting of officials from the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) and the director of CIT, Dr Patrick Kelleher.
According to TUI branch representative Mr Pat Ahern, a decision was reached to suspend the action after a promise was given that a meeting would be held with the appropriate personnel of the Department of Education within 10 days.
Officials were also given a commitment that extra funding would be provided for the refurbishment of the Moore's Hotel complex in the interim.
However, while classes resume this morning, it is only on the basis that something substantive will emerge from a meeting with the Department of Education in the coming days.
"This is only a suspension of action and it can be restarted at any time," the TUI representative said.