Jennifer Horgan: Scoil Mhuire founder could teach department about pupil equality

Early intervention is crucial, so the appropriate measures should be in place

Scoil Mhuire principal Ka Lingwood, with pupils and special guests at Scoil Mhuire Junior school, marking what would have been the 100th birthday of school founder Mary O’Donovan.  Picture: Larry Cummins

THERE is an irony in how old-fashioned my secondary school seemed, given its trailblazing history.

It has been modernised since, but back in the 1990s, it was a quirky, beloved, character in the lives of us Cork students.