Private teacher loses case over ‘little bitch’ remark to pupil

A teacher at a south Dublin private fee-paying school has lost his High Court case over how it dealt with a complaint alleging he called a male student a “little bitch”.

Mr Justice Michael Twomey ruled Pierce Dillon was not entitled to judicial review against Catholic University School for reasons including a final written warning issued to the teacher had expired, there was no record of it on his personnel file and because scarce court time should not be allocated to small matters.

Mr Dillon, aged 55, sought judicial review of the formal procedure adopted by CUS in dealing with a complaint by the boy’s parents over events on May 8/9, 2014.