A teacher who made false claims about working at a Cork primary school in job applications for vacant teaching posts in Southeast Asia has had his name removed from the register of teachers.
The President of the High Court made the order in respect Colm McCarthy, who is originally from Douglas, Co Cork.
Mr McCarthy had claimed he worked as a teacher at Carrigaline Educate Together National School in Co Cork when applying for positions in Thailand and Myanmar.
The High Court heard he had in fact done a placement at the school as a student teacher in the academic year of 2013/2014, but claimed in his job applications that he had been a Year 4 classroom teacher in the school “from 2017 to present”.
Findings of professional misconduct were made against Mr McCarthy earlier this year after a Teaching Council fitness to teach inquiry in relation to allegations after it received a complaint in September 2020.
On Monday, Mr Justice David Barniville confirmed the Teaching Council’s disciplinary panel’s decision to remove Mr McCarthy from the register of teachers and that he is not eligible to apply for restoration on to the register for four years.
Mr McCarthy was the subject of the council’s inquiry over his claim that he had worked at the school and also in relation to information he submitted regarding references.
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