Man arrested after schools fail to receive history packs

GARDAÍ have arrested a man as part of nationwide operation after nearly 120 primary school principals complained they hadn’t received history-learning aids for which they had paid.

The schools each paid a man in his 40s from north Cork for a history pack which contained such items as replicas of the Ardagh Chalice, Tara Brooch and the Sam Maguire Cup — all of which had been made in China.

According to gardaí, the man began visiting schools offering the packs for sale back in 2009.