News in Brief

New general secretary for CPSMA

Seamus Mulconry has been appointed as the new general secretary for the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA).

CPSMA chairman Martin Hanrahan welcomed the appointment saying Mr Mulconry’s experience as former director of Philanthropy Ireland “will greatly support boards of management and principals of Catholic primary schools as they seek to meet the many challenges involved in the management of our schools”.

 

BAI finds against Ray D’Arcy again

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has upheld a complaint against the Ray D’Arcy Show’s treatment of the abortion issue for the second time in six months.

The BAI decision related to an interview that Mr D’Arcy conducted with Graham and Helen Linehan in October about their abortion experience and their support for the political campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution. The BAI stated that the interview was “set out so as to encourage support for the Amnesty International campaign” on making abortion more widely available.