Teacher in Cork faces sanction after 25 allegations of professional misconduct proven

Inquiry finds false claims about qualifications, experience and registration in 25 applications to Cork Education and Training Board

A fitness to practise inquiry of the Teaching Council found the teacher, James Clancy, had engaged in “disgraceful and dishonourable” conduct which brought the profession into disrepute over false claims about his qualifications, teaching experience, and registration status. File picture: Colin Keegan/Collins

A teacher is to face sanction after 25 separate allegations of professional misconduct against him were proven in relation to numerous false declarations he made in job applications to the Cork Education and Training Board.

A fitness to practise inquiry of the Teaching Council found the teacher, James Clancy, had engaged in “disgraceful and dishonourable” conduct which brought the profession into disrepute over false claims about his qualifications, teaching experience, and registration status.