False claims regarding student identifying as cat in Cork school reported to gardaí

The school has approximately 900 students and found itself at the centre of the baseless claims this week

Skibbereen Community School. Picture: Andrew Harris

A Cork school has made a report to gardaí about a string of completely false claims regarding a student identifying as a cat, describing the WhatsApp message as "without foundation".

The message, which has been widely circulated, contains audio in which a man makes a number of claims, primarily that a student had identified as a cat, had requested a litter tray, that a teacher had then been suspended due to a verbal interaction with the student and that the school was being sued by the student's parents.