A teacher who repeatedly made false declarations about his teaching qualifications in job applications to Cork Education and Training Board has been struck off the Register of Teachers.
An inquiry panel of the Teaching Council also ruled that James Clancy - a teacher from Cork - cannot apply to have his name restored to the register for a minimum of 10 years.
The chairperson of the inquiry, Adrian Guinan, said the conduct of Mr Clancy was "manifestly dishonest".
The ruling followed a finding last month by a fitness-to-teach inquiry that Mr Clancy was guilty of 25 separate allegations of professional misconduct in relation to job applications made to Cork ETB between February and May 2023.
The inquiry panel determined that Mr Clancy had also breached the code of professional conduct for teachers.
Although the teacher had not been successful in any of his job applications to Cork ETB, Mr Guinan said it was essential that information provided by job applicants for teaching roles was "accurate and reliable" as it was "central to the need to protect the public, parents, students and colleagues".
The false representations were made in 25 job applications, including 23 for teaching posts at post-primary schools across Cork city and county.
They included declarations that he had a master's degree in education.
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