Kilkenny principal faces inquiry

AN inquiry into the performance of a secondary school principal in Kilkenny is to be held in the coming months.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin has appointed retired Department of Education assistant chief inspector Torlach O’Connor to conduct the inquiry following requests by Co Kilkenny Vocational Education Committee (VEC) to suspend the school head.

Kilkenny Vocational School has been the subject of a number of critical reports in recent years. But Cathy McSorley has rejected claims of unsatisfactory performance as principal.