Schoolboys who released video on social media of classmate snorting sugar formally expelled

Two Leaving Cert students have been formally expelled from the secondary school they attend for videoing and posting on social media a classmate snorting some white powder during a class.

The two have appealed that decision to the Department of Education which has appointed an independent three-person committee under Section 29 of the 1998 Education Act (known as a "Section 29 Committee).