Major legal row breaks out as principal admonished at fitness-to-practise hearing

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Seán McCárthaigh

A school principal has been admonished for poor professional performance over his failure to notify the parents of a young autistic pupil of an allegation that their son had been mistreated by a teacher.

A major legal row broke out at a fitness-to-teach inquiry after lawyers for the principal claimed the finding was “scandalous”.