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A group of Leaving Cert students were left reeling after they being sent home from school for wearing shorts on a charity non-uniform day.

About 40 students from Clonkeen College in Deansgrange were sent home this morning after their principal deemed shorts "completely inappropriate" and decided the best course of action was to send them home - just weeks before their vital exams begin.

The non-uniform day was organised as a charity fundraiser with students asked to donate €2 to a third-world support group.

Dublin Live has learned that students were sent home on a similar fund-raising day last year - again after they were warned that they couldn't wear them.

On Thursday, the school made an announcement over the intercom that they would be sending home anyone who broke the no-shorts rule this time around.

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Despite the announcement, some students decided they would wear shorts anyway in protest of what they felt was an unfair rule. One lad even claimed that teachers "frequently" wear shorts themselves.

The student told Dublin Live he was "shocked" at the move as he believed their clothing was "not too extreme" to warrant losing a day.

He said: "With the Leaving Cert in about five weeks it’s shocking that the principal has deemed that shorts and hats are “completely inappropriate” and demanded all students must be sent home on the non uniform day, missing a full day of school.

"Bear in mind these shorts were knee length/just above the knee shorts. Nothing too extreme and frequently teachers would often wear shorts to school."

Dublin Live has contacted Clonkeen College for comment.