It is pretty bizarre alright. Would be very hard to go in there as principal now, unless he is swapping roles with the current VP who is probably doing a lot of the heavy lifting as it is
Itās a sideshow, heāll be in City Hall in 12 months time
Iād say If John kiely is stuck for a job Jp might find something him in martinstown.
Yeah down the line John would have plenty of options Id imagine if he fancied a change
John Kiely should be running the country.
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I would say there are a lot of factors at play and i wouldnāt say its all Kielys fault.
Firstly St Alibes the other school in the town have got their act together and have seen a huge increase in numbers. Previously it was almost an automatic choice for most to go to the Abbey whereas now theres a real alternative.
Secondly the Abbey lost a whole generation of teachers to retirement in a short few years. The staffroom would be unrecognisable now compared to 10 years ago whereas for the previous 30 years it probably changed very little.
Thirdly Iād say the whole Mr. Moonlight murder episode which went on for years was a very sensitive one for any Principal to deal with given the number of students directly or indirectly affected.
Anyway heās bowing out on a relative high now as the best Science school in the country and also Munster Schools B football champions. Also has the new Sports Hall on his list of achievements and a new Astro Turf pitch on the way.
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Spiit-season?
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There is a good principal in st ailbes
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Current VP is retiring at end of year. Kiely hopping into his role.
New principal if it is an insider will either be from the Limerick backroom team or another teacher who would turn the place around quickly.
@Ambrose_McNulty is spot on with whats going on there.
You are actually right. In the past Kiely would be focused on Limerick during the traditional championship months of late May to early Sept.
Now all his focus is for round robin games in April and he is taking his eye off the job. Add into the fact that he slips off school for team holidays and training campsā¦
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Yeah things are pretty bad there from what I heard, thereās a nephew of mine in there. From what I understand someone is lined up internally but I do think they will be looking for a new deputy principal before too long. Kiely will either move to city hall or higher up, local elections are next may so I presume thatās when the mayoral election will be held?Long time since I was in school but the dp role is probably more demanding on the ground, dealing with all the shite involved in an all boys school especially.
Sure thatās to the split season an inter county manager can only be retired or in an advisory role. The demands of the job are too much.
Itās why Davy Fitz Is still getting gigs.
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Blades being lowered this morning
Allās changed, changed utterly
No doubt the split season and front loading of games into April and May during school term has had an impact too.
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Maybe he should do his job?
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Indeed it is. But itās all Kielys fault the big bad bully.
2x inter county managers already sacked this year and only March. A few more under all kinds of pressure.
Davy Power, OāRourke and Davy Fitz to name but a few.
The split season is simply unworkable.
I was asking a genuine question here this morning, I suppose to be honest I should have foreseen that the poor auld lads who canāt deal with Limerick success would use it to launch an attack on kiely on a personal level
Not all of course, there are constructive assessments here also of the school, Johnl and where it stands