Templeogue College

Teachers at Templeogue College signed a grievance addressed to the school's principal amid ongoing tensions between management and staff.

This comes at the same time that the school has appointed a facilitator in the hopes of easing tensions between staff and leadership. Employees recently wrote to the patron group voicing concerns surrounding a “proliferation of collective grievances, legal proceedings, media attention, demoralised working environments and recent negative events experienced by staff”. During this global COVID pandemic, we like many other organisations have been impacted greatly in the way we can do business and produce. Two long-standing staff members, Patricia O’Connell and Bríd Stack pursued their complaints under the Employment Equality Act, claiming that they were subjected to exclusionary treatment by senior management after voicing concerns about ageist discrimination. It also referenced a recent announcement from Minister for Education Norma Foley about a new anti-bullying action plan, which is designed to “ensure schools are diverse, inclusive, and free from bullying in all its forms”. According to the