Enoch Burke fails in bid to have fitness-to-teach inquiry chair and panel recused
Teaching Council to consider complaints about jailed teacher’s alleged trespassing at Wilson’s Hospital School in breach of court orders
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Enoch Burke claims fitness-to-teach panel not public after family refused to provide names
Jailed teacher says members of the public would find being asked for their names ‘intimidatory, should teachers want to attend’
Hearing of Teaching Council inquiry into Enoch Burke allegations set to be postponed
High Court judge tells jailed teacher he will not ‘bow’ to his demand during a lengthy and repetitive over-and-back
Enoch Burke claims Teaching Council inquiry biased as he seeks High Court injunction
Panel scheduled to consider allegations of professional misconduct against jailed teacher on Wednesday
Schoolteacher sent poison pen letters alleging colleague’s sexual misconduct, committee hears
Teacher (40s) convicted in District Court of two offences, regarding two grossly offensive letters he posted
Legislation obliging watchdogs to notify vetting bureau of child safeguarding concerns is unconstitutional, High Court rules
The case arises from two gardaí’s involvement in arresting a juvenile in November 2018
Teacher union conferences expected to focus on pay as inflation increases
Conferences also scheduled to consider workplace stress, school inspections, assaults on staff and impact of recruitment and retention crisis
‘Wholesale dishonesty’: Man removed from teaching register for falsely representing qualifications
Subject of fitness-to-teach inquiry applied for 23 vacancies at schools run by Cork Education and Training Board between February and May 2023
Man who claimed he had consensual sex with student (16) struck off teaching register
High Court judge says sanction for teacher ‘well merited’ given the case involved professional misconduct of the most serious kind
Man jailed for raping young relative is removed from teaching register
Teaching Council bans him from reapplying for 30 years over sex attacks he committed in his teens
Man falsely represented teaching qualifications when applying for over 20 jobs
Teaching Council fitness-to-teach committee found registrant’s conduct ‘disgraceful’ and said it could bring profession ‘into disrepute’
One-month suspension from register for principal convicted of stealing from school
Return to teaching conditional on man seeking no senior role with access to school funds
Teacher who stole money from primary school had ‘all-consuming’ addiction, hearing told
Individual previously received a suspended sentence for the thefts before a jury in the Circuit Court
Teacher admits lying about romantic relationship with former student at fitness-to-teach hearing
Woman confirmed that she and ex-pupil are in a relationship, approximately six years in length, and that she loves him
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