Cork principal denies being drunk in school and says 'social media trolls' targeted him

Aidan Breathnach, principal at Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers, Cork, has vowed to return.

A Cork City primary school principal has gone out on stress leave, claiming to have been the victim of malicious rumours that he was drunk in school.

It is understood that a group of parents removed nearly 100 children from Gaelscoil Pheig Sayers last week due to concerns over health and safety.