‘I don’t think people realise just how many obstacles there are for teachers who qualify abroad’, says Sinéad Ryan

Theft over two-year period amounted to pattern of ‘premeditated and deliberate’ behaviour, Teaching Council panel finds

Fitness-to-teach inquiry told that the teaching profession requires appropriate Garda vetting

Teaching Council disciplinary panel labelled woman’s conduct as disgraceful and carefully planned

Teaching Council wants man to face suspension, but his barrister asks for censure at most

Similar schemes have ‘proved valuable’ in tackling teacher supply pressures, department says

Allegations included that the teacher asked the complainant to travel to Dublin with him to attend a funeral

The panel in the fitness-to-teach hearing has retired to make its decision

Woman met 18-year-old past pupil on night out with her friends, fitness-to-teach panel hears

Man found to have engaged in professional misconduct and breached the Code of Conduct for Teachers

Young woman tells Teaching Council panel of attending counselling over what happened

Student alleges sexual encounters with teacher on four to six occasions between March and June 2018

Teacher allegedly had romantic relationship with Leaving Cert student, fitness-to-teach inquiry hears

Man was found guilty of 381 instances of theft in a primary school between 2017 and 2019

Barrister for Teaching Council argues man’s criminal record affects his fitness to continue working in profession

Patrick Joseph Bardon is serving a 10-year sentence in the Midlands Prison for the oral rape of one of his then students in the 1990s

Teaching Council fitness-to-teach inquiry adjourns to consider findings

Principal says staff shortages placing ‘immense pressure’ on schools

Woman claims former boss suggested they book into a hotel ‘to get to know each other better’; he denies the allegations

Principal claimed Teaching Council failed to give adequate reasons for its finding against him