Are you a teacher? A recent decision of the High Court may be of interest to you as it involved a teacher commencing High Court legal proceedings as a consequence of being asked to attend a disciplinary hearing. Background The allegation against the teacher concerned her conduct towards school staff including the school Principal. The […]
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A secondary school student has had his High Court legal action thrown out by the Judge. The background is the student was suspended from a secondary school over the allegation that he had sold €20 worth of cannabis in the school. The student admitted using the cannabis which was found in his schoolbag on the […]
The decision of the Board of Management of St. Joseph’s National School in Valleymount, Wicklow to demote its principal and appoint a new one has been overturned by the High Court. The Principal, Nora Kelly, who has 32 years’ service as teacher and has been principal of St. Josephs since 2007, firstly appealed the decision […]