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Eileen Flynn (1955 – 9 September 2008) was a teacher in New Ross, County Wexford, who was sacked for being pregnant while unmarried.〔 〕〔(Hundreds bid farewell to Eileen Flynn Roche ), New Ross Standard, 18 September 2008, retrieved 9 June 2009〕 Eileen Flynn taught English and history at the Holy Faith Convent in New Ross.〔 In August 1982 she was dismissed from her post. A letter sent to her by the school claimed that complaints had been made to the school by parents of pupils and said that she had rejected the schools norms of behaviour.〔 She was living with her partner Richie Roche, the father of her child, who was separated from his wife. (Irish law did not recognise divorce at the time). Eventually, she married Roche in 1997.〔 She took unfair dismissal cases to the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Circuit Court as well as to the High Court, eventually losing all cases.〔 〕 The dismissal was controversial at the time,〔 〕 she was featured in the media〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Councillor Joe Ryan on Eileen Flynn )〕 and was later referred to during Dáil〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Dáil Éireann – Volume 362 – 3 December 1985 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. – Unfair Dismissals Act. )〕 and Seanad debates, including that on the (Employment Equality Bill ).〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Seanad Éireann – Volume 150 – 12 March 1997 Employment Equality Bill, 1996: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. )〕 She died suddenly on 9 September 2008 and her funeral was held on 12 September 2008.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Death notice )〕 Marguerite Bolger claims that such a case is still possible. Eileen Flynn herself was referred to in the Seanad debates as saying that it would still be possible to dismiss her under the legislation being debated in 1997.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】Seanad Éireann – Volume 150 – 20 February 1997 Employment Equality Bill, 1996: Second Stage. )〕 The case has been mentioned in discussion of church-state relations. ==See also== *Education controversies in the Republic of Ireland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eileen Flynn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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