Investigation into alleged teacher assault on pupil

GARDAÍ are investigating claims of a classroom assault by a teacher on a student at a school in the south-east.

The physical assault is alleged to have happened at a second-level school last November but the 14-year-old has made a statement to local gardaí last week.

It is claimed the teacher punched him in the upper body during a disagreement about homework and that the boy’s family had been in discussions with school management about how to deal with the incident since then.