Principal resumes bid to stop dismissal

A SCHOOL principal will today resume her High Court battle with Education Minister Ruairi Quinn after he sought to dismiss her on the strength of a controversial and costly report into her running of a Kilkenny school.

The case has allowed details of the ministerial inquiry into Cathy McSorley’s work to be revealed for the first time — including criticism of her employers for failing in their duty of care to her.

The court application has also exposed fresh allegations of misuse of school funds dating back to 2001.