Hanafin awaits date for report into allegations against school principal

AN inquiry set up to probe a number of allegations against a secondary school principal is still continuing almost a year after being set up.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin appointed a retired assistant chief inspector of her department on February 20 last year to carry out the inquiry into the performance of Cathy McSorley.

She was the subject of a number of allegations about her role as principal of Kilkenny City Vocational School, and was granted a High Court order in 2005 preventing County Kilkenny Vocational Education Committee (VEC) from suspending her.