Joyce v Board of Management of Coláiste Iognáid
Decision Number: Legal Body: High Court of Ireland
Published on: 21/01/2016
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Background

School Principal Successful in Securing Injunction to Halt Disciplinary Process

In a judgement delivered at the end of 2015, the principal of a secondary school in Galway was granted a temporary injunction preventing the Board of Management from continuing with a disciplinary investigation pending the full hearing of the matter before the High Court at the earliest possible opportunity.

I. Not a “Happy School”

The Plaintiff was appointed as principal of Coláiste Iognáid secondary school in Galway in January 2011 As principal the Plaintiff served as secretary to the Board of Management (“the Board”), attending board meetings in that capacity. The Plaintiff attended a board meeting in March 2015 at it was requested that the Chairperson prepare a report

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 21/01/2016
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