A secondary school teacher has described a former colleague's claims that he sexually harassed and bullied her as "absolutely and completely wrong".

A secondary school teacher has claimed before the High Court that she was bullied and sexually harassed by a male colleague.

THERE is no case law and little likelihood of cases about school uniforms or suitable hairstyles coming before the courts, an education law expert said last night.

It has emerged that the parents of the students who were excluded from taking their Junior Cert exams are considering taking legal action against Tullamore College and its principal.

The headmaster of Tullamore College in Co Offaly has defended his decision to ban three Junior Cert pupils from the exams because of their short haircuts.

Former Minister for Education Noel Dempsey has spoken out in defence of the three Co Offaly teenagers who were not allowed sit their Junior Cert at their own school because of their short hair cuts.

Minister for Education Mary Hanafin has said punishments meted out for breaching school rules must be proportionate to the breach committed by the student.

The controversy surrounding the three boys banned from sitting their Junior Cert exams at a Co Offaly school is continuing to rumble on this morning.

THREE schoolboys who were not allowed to sit their Junior Certificate at a Co Offaly school due to their haircut were last night allowed back to sit their exams.

Three schoolboys who were not allowed to sit their Junior Certificate at a Co Offaly school due to their haircuts were tonight allowed back to sit their exams.

A mother of a 15-year-old boy whose school refused to let him sit the Junior Certificate due to his haircut today said he was left too upset to complete the exams.

Three Junior Certificate students at a Co Offaly vocational school have been turned away from the exam hall because their haircuts were in breach of school rules.

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