Tribunal orders school to admit Traveller boy

A CLONMEL school has been ordered to admit a boy from the Traveller community after it was found the school had discriminated against him by not granting him a place.

The Equality Tribunal made the ruling against Christian Brothers High School after hearing the case brought by Mary Stokes on behalf of her son, John Stokes.

In evidence the tribunal was told John Stokes, the eldest of seven children, had attended a local primary school in Clonmel and applied for admission to the high school in November 2009.