Teacher used credit card and cheques to steal money from school where he was principal, hearing was told. File image

A fitness-to-practise teaching panel has adjourned to consider sanctions regarding a former principal convicted of stealing more than €100,000 from the school he was working in.

The 381 instances of theft occurred in a primary school between 2017 and 2019. The man was tried in court, convicted and sentenced to six years, with the final four-and-a-half years suspended.

The thefts stemmed from the use of a credit card and cheques on which the man forged the signature of the chairperson of the

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