The data included name, address, PPS number, Teaching Council registration number, the month they joined the register and their renewal date. However, no financial or criminal conviction data was included, nor was the teacher's email address. In an email to affected teachers on Thursday, the council said it had recently become aware of the incident. Mr Ó Ruairc said the Teaching Council took the matter and the security of data very seriously and apologised for any inconvenience caused. He said it was a strictly isolated incident and the wider systems or databases of the Teaching Council had not been affected.

Source: Irish Independent March 28, 2020 02:26 UTC