Garda probe of €5.5k theft from school inconclusive

Almost €5,500 has been stolen at a Cork school from funds being paid for use of its facilities by the local community.

Cork Education and Training Board (ETB) reported the theft to the gardaí when it became apparent last year that the amount of money lodged in the school safe did not tally with expected receipts.

However, nobody has been prosecuted or disciplined as a result of the scam, in which not all the money paid to use facilities outside school hours was handed over for safe keeping to be lodged later in a school or ETB account.