Senior Department of Education official to be cross-examined in lead calculated grades case

The action, by Freddie Sherry, a Leaving Cert student at Dublin’s Belvedere College, is due to open next Tuesday with more than 30 other cases awaiting its outcome. File picture

A limited cross-examination of the assistant secretary of the Department of Education has been permitted by the High Court during the lead challenge over the Leaving Certificate calculated grades process.

That action, by Freddie Sherry, a Leaving Cert student at Dublin’s Belvedere College, is due to open next Tuesday with more than 30 other cases awaiting its outcome.