Teacher admits he had 'no option' but to make false claims about teaching at Cork school

Colm McCarthy was accused of professional misconduct as he appeared before a fitness-to-teaching inquiry

Colm McCarthy appeared before a fitness-to-teaching inquiry of the Teaching Council on Thursday in relation to false claims he had made about working as a teacher at Carrigaline Educate Together National School in Carrigaline, Co. Cork, in job applications for vacant teaching posts in Thailand and Myanmar. Picture: Colin Keegan

A teacher accused of professional misconduct has admitted making false claims about holding a teaching position at a Cork primary school in applying for teaching jobs in the Far East because he wanted to be able to live in Thailand to be with his son.

Colm McCarthy appeared before a fitness-to-teaching inquiry of the Teaching Council on Thursday in relation to false claims he had made about working as a teacher at Carrigaline Educate Together National School in Carrigaline, Co. Cork, in job applications for vacant teaching posts in Thailand and Myanmar.