Classroom ban for the ‘Provo Princess’ teacher who loved the IRA
Express Reporter
A primary school teacher, who called herself the “Provo Princess” while posting a series of tweets supporting the IRA, has been banned from the classroom.
Anne-Marie Clements was convicted at Paisley Sheriff Court last year of posting the “grossly offensive” messages and fined £600.
The 25-year-old teacher also lost her job at St Mark’s Primary in Barrhead after her Tweets had been revealed.
Yesterday, she agreed to be struck off the teaching register.
Clements tweeted the messages in November and December 2015.
In May last year the sheriff court heard that she wrote “Every day’s a RA day” together with a picture of a masked man carrying a rifle.
The picture read: “When you’re having a Republican kind of day.”
Another tweet, posted before Celtic played Dutch side Ajax, she wrote: “Get intae these Sons of William of Orange b****** Ronnie’s Fenian Band.”
In another reference to former Celtic manager, Ronnie Deila, she added: “Roaming in the gloaming with Ronnie’s Fenians.”
The P7 teacher’s remarks were sent to her bosses at the school by another sickened Twitter user.
Her twitter account, which had over 3,300 followers, has since been deleted.
It featured photos with former Celtic star Anthony Stokes and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland ( GTCS) yesterday posted a notice which said that Clements “did post material on to the twitter page...that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character”.
The material, said the GTCS, “contained sectarian remarks and remarks and images in support of a terrorist organisation, namely the Irish Republican Army (IRA)”.
The GTCS notice said the teacher breached the Communications Act and that the offence was “aggravated by religious prejudice”.
It concluded: “And in respect of the above offence, you were on 11 May 2016 sentenced to a fine of £600.”
Clements could not be contacted for comment.
In December last year secondary school teacher Victoria Amie Orr was handed a “Reprimand with Consent Order” by the GTCS after she was found to have posted comments referring the IRA on Twitter.
The teacher, who was employed at Park Mains High School, in Erskine, at the time was found to “have inappropriate comments” on her Twitter page and made comments referring to pupils as well references to the terrorist group.
She admitted her fitness to teach was “impaired” and waived her right to a full hearing, accepting the reprimand imposed by the teaching watchdog.