Primary principals criticise Josepha Madigan's 'disrespect' for schools 

Special education minister said she would be 'relentless' and would put schools that 'refused to engage' with the department in the spotlight

CEO of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network Páiric Clerkin said that special education minister Josepha Madigan should not be attempting to “scapegoat” schools. Picture: Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland

The CEO of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN), Páiric Clerkin, has said that the special education minister Josepha Madigan was wrong to threaten to name four schools in the Dublin area currently engaged in a dispute with the Department of Education about special education classes.

On Saturday the minister had told RTÉ radio that she would be “relentless” and would put schools that “refused to engage” with the department in the spotlight.