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Elaine Byrne: Gaelscoil Moshíológ case shows unrealistic expectations of voluntary school boards
Is the voluntary nature of school governance arrangements still sustainable?
Ireland’s 3,300 primary schools will have new boards of management this November. Their current four-year term of office will expire and a new one will begin for the thousands of volunteers who play a key role in the day-to-day running of Irish schools, which have responsibility for teaching over half a million primary students.
Are they fit for purpose?
The incredulous tone of Judge Cregan’s 140-page High Court ruling on the unfair dismissal of principal ...