Special school to pay €4,000 for refusing Traveller

A CO Kerry school has been ordered to pay a Traveller family €4,000 in compensation for discrimination against a young boy with special needs.

The dispute between St Ita’s & St Joseph’s School, Tralee, and Nora Faulkner was brought before the Director of Equality Investigations.

Ms Faulkner explained that her son, who is now 16, had been experiencing learning difficulties ever since he first started attending school.