A Teaching Council fitness-to-teach panel decided the registrant should be censured and conditions should be attached to his registrationA former primary school principal convicted of stealing more than €100,000 from his school should be suspended from the teaching register for one month, the sectors’ regulator has held. A Teaching Council fitness-to-teach panel decided the registrant, who is currently teaching in a different primary school, should be censured and conditions should be attached to his registration. The thefts occurred in a primary school several years ago. Chair Mary Magner said the actions deprived the teacher’s former school of resources and planned infrastructure. If the teacher does not appeal, the decision is then brought before the president of the High Court for confirmation.

Source: The Irish Times January 08, 2026 17:08 UTC