A PRINCIPAL who was dismissed in a row over the teaching of religion will seek compensation at an appeals hearing next week.

A REPORT into the row which led to the sacking of a Gaelscoil principal recommends a more coordinated approach to the teaching of religion.

A PRIMARY school principal sacked last month after a row over religious education is to seek reinstatement and compensation.

IT would be an understatement to say that the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Very Rev Robert McCarthy, is unafraid of controversy.

A bitter dispute is raging over a decision to sack the principal of a multi-denominational Gaelscoil in Co Meath.