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DANIEL McCONNELL
MAURA Harrington, the school principal at the heart of the Shell to Sea protests, has been heavily criticised by some parents of her pupils, who feel her high profile in the campaign is not in the best interests of the school. Harrington is the principal of the 61- pupil Inver national school, which was the recipient of a recent Department of Education report, calling for substantive change in how the school is run.
The report said a new management structure is required and that meetings are lacking defined agendas, forward planning and proper record keeping.
Parents of children attending the school now feel Harrington's continuing involvement in the protests which have turned violent on several occasions and...