Teacher bullying case back in court [IrishTimes]
- Published: 12 January 2010
A High Court judge has warned an internal appeal into a retired teacher’s claims of bullying by her school principal must proceed by the end of this month or else her High Court action for damages will resume.
The case by Bridget Sweeney (54), who worked as a resource and home-schooling teacher at Ballinteer Community School in Dublin, was adjourned last May after Mr Justice Daniel Herbert directed an internal inquiry into the bullying accusations should first be set up by the school board of management.
In her court action, Ms Sweeney, Beaver Row, Donnybrook, Dublin, claimed she had to retire from her €70,000 a year post on a €32,000 per annum pension because of alleged harassment. She also claimed the principal, Dr Austin Corcorcan, hired a private investigator to follow her.
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