Talks are under way aimed at resolving a dispute arising from the suspension of a Leaving Certificate student from his south Dublin school, the High Court heard yesterday. On that basis, Mr Justice Kearns returned the matter to this morning.
On Monday, the 17-year-old student brought an application for his immediate readmission to the school from where he has been suspended for the past two weeks. The suspension is to operate until the Leaving Cert examination begins on June 4th.
Mr David Kennedy SC, for the student, who was making the application through his parents, said the suspension arose following a "prank that went too far", involving a break-in by a number of students at the school on the night of April 27th last.
Counsel said chairs and tables were placed on the flat roof of a building in the school grounds and graffiti was also scrawled on a wall which was directed to one teacher in particular. The school principal had described the graffiti as crude, offensive and pornographic and it seemed to be his major concern, Mr Kennedy said.
While his client had admitted involvement in the incident, the boy had played only a minor role.
Efforts had been made to resolve the issue with the principal and the board of management but it was only after a solicitor's letter was sent to the board that it had offered the boy an opportunity to appeal his suspension on May 19th.