Teaching watchdog split over new contract for chief executive

Teaching Council of Ireland's 37-member board is divided over reappointment

Chief executive, Tomás Ó Ruairc

The body that regulates the country’s 90,000 teachers has been split by a bitter row over the reappointment of its chief executive.

The Teaching Council of Ireland is responsible for standards in the profession and will be holding the first ever public disciplinary hearings in relation to teachers later this year. It is funded by mandatory €65 annual contributions from teachers.

But there was a dispute on its 37-member board about the reappointment ...