‘Parents on our school boards are legally safe’

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has reassured parents serving on school management boards that they are legally protected in the event of a court case against them.

The remarks come after the High Court case of a woman who unsuccessfully sued the State for sexual abuse she suffered in a Co Cork school as a child.

The woman, 42-year-old Louise O’Keeffe from Cork, faces a legal bill of €500,000 after the court ruled the Department of Education was not liable for the abuse she suffered.