Isnāt Kiely is a secondary school principal?
If he is, then itās something I learned today.
Sure he has a good sized backroom team, and a grand set of manufactured hurlers to do all the work for him
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Principal of The abbey in Fuck Tipp
Bank Holiday over here.
Not every hero wears a cape
Heās a superb delegator. One in a million really.
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Isnāt it in Spain where its actually seen as Christmas day rather than the 25th?
Orthodox countries
3 kings day
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I live very close to where I work, Iād often pass at 7 or 8 in the evening and his car is still there, solitary light on in the school, back in at 8 every morning, and he lives 30 miles away, often in during school holidays as well.
Still finds time to coach a few teams and is heavily involved in amateur dramatics, some people 
But I wouldnāt do it for gold, you get tick all if the good parts of teaching and all the headaches, a shitty job.
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Youāve clearly never been on a picket line, losing wages each day.
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Try striking for five months like the Post Office lads did in 1979.
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Is that how you had your first taste of swan?
Itās a huge undertaking really. Very tough job anyway but especially if one gets caught underneath an issue. I dont understand why but fellas are breaking the door down to do it. Itās very prestigious still. That retired principal who died in Corbally lately was a brilliant fella from what Iāve heard.
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Iād like to use this thread to thank all the teachers out there for their bravery and everything they do for society.
Thank you.
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Didnāt know him, I know his successor alright, a nice fella.
But even then I bet thereās hundreds of people out Corbally way whoād read him for something that he couldnāt do or solve. An awful job,
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If the schools didnāt go back weād have been up shit creek and could have written off 20ā2. The teachers are after doing the country a huge turn.
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The scale of that school, youāre dead right and itās probably worse in the smaller places! Absolutely, so many situations you canāt do right for wrong . Iāve found any of them I ever met very impressive to be honest. I think itās a great thing local teachers living close to school but can see why people donāt as well.
My sister in law is a VP in Dublin,sheās been offered a few principal jobs over the last few years but has flat out refused them.