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Published: 27 April 2011

April 2011

The new President of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation is Noreen Flynn, a teacher in Dublin and a native of Kinnegad, Co Westmeath.

Noreen attended primary school in Kinnegad Girls’ National School and completed her secondary education in Loreto Convent in Mullingar. In 1974 she was among the first cohort of students to enter Carysfort College of Education and complete the B. Ed. course. She graduated in 1977.

In 2010 Noreen was among the first cohort of post-graduate students to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership (Toraiocht). This course was organised jointly by the Leadership Development for Schools (LDS) team and the Education Department in NUI Maynooth.

Noreen has worked in a number of different roles as a primary teacher. Her teaching career began in 1977 in Kinnegad Boys’ National School in a mixed class. In 1978 she was appointed to Mater Dei Primary School, Basin Lane, Dublin. This marked the beginning of years of campaigning for increased resources in disadvantaged schools and communities.

In 1986 she took a career break and lived in the United States. There she taught English and Maths to 6th, 7th and 8th Grade students in Guardian Angel Elementary School, Manhattan, New York. Since returning to Mater Dei Primary School in 1991 she has worked as a class teacher and learning support/ resource teacher. She currently holds the post of Deputy Principal and took up the position of Acting principal in September 2010.

Noreen has been an active INTO member for many years. She was Branch Organiser for Dublin City South and District Treasurer for District 9. She was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the INTO 1999 to serve as Representative for District 9 that covers an area from Templeogue to the south inner city through west Dublin to Celbridge in Co Kildare.

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