ASTI members angry that legal feud is holding up union business

SENIOR figures in the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) are angry that internal problems are stopping the union from carrying out important business on behalf of members.

ASTI general secretary Charlie Lennon was granted an injunction in the High Court on Wednesday preventing the president, Pat Cahill, and the vice-president, Susie Hall, from proceeding with an investigation into allegations against him.

Mr Lennon strongly rejects the allegations, believed to involve claims he made for reimbursement of costs incurred on ASTI business between 1999 and 2001.