Traveller mother loses Supreme Court case on school admissions policy

A Traveller woman has today lost a Supreme Court appeal challenging the admissions policy of the Christian Brothers High School in Clonmel.

Traveller mother loses Supreme Court case on school admissions policy

A Traveller woman has today lost a Supreme Court appeal challenging the admissions policy of the Christian Brothers High School in Clonmel.

In what was regarded as an important test case, Mary Stokes had argued that the policy, which prioritises the sons of old pupils, amounted to indirect discrimination in relation to her son John.

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