School appeal directive to re-admit expelled boy, 8, who hit teacher with hurl and assaulted four others

An eight-year-old boy who was expelled from a country school after assaulting five members of staff - striking one with a hurl - must be re-enrolled, according to the Department of Education, the High Court heard today.

That decision, in the interests of avoiding serious risk to the safety of other pupils and staff, is now being legally challenged by the school board of management, barrister Joe Jeffers told Mr Justice Richard Humphreys.