Teacher begins High Court action over alleged harassment

A secondary school teacher has claimed before the High Court that she was bullied and sexually harassed by a male colleague.

Mary O'Toole, who teaches history, geography and English, claims that on occasions between 1996 and 2000 she was leered at, and inappropriate touched, subjected to verbal insults and demeaned by one of her co-workers at Tullamore College secondary school Mr Jim Mooney, who is not a defendant to the proceedings.