Admissions row school gets interim manager

A manager has been appointed to a leading all-Irish secondary school following the dissolution of its board of management after a public row over admissions policy.

The department of education has confirmed that the minister Ruairí Quinn consented to the dissolution of the board of Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG, at the North Monastery, following a request from the school’s trustees, The Edmund Rice Schools Trust, in April.

The trust’s decision to seek the dissolution of the board was taken after a series of resignations of members. It is understood the board members felt they could not fulfil the board’s obligations under the Education Act 1998 and the Charter of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust.