Teachers unions and 'grind' schools

I heard the news today o.k., all about education in Ireland . RTE as usual are overpublicising a statistical article in the Irish Times (where else sez you !) this time concerning 'grind' schools vs ( presumably ) non-'grind' schools . The article , apparently , shows that despite perception to the contrary , non-'grind' schools ( oh heck..,lets call them ordinary schools ) outperform 'grind' schools as far as entry into universities is concerned . Now, this news did not either surprise or for that matter interest me , but what did surprise me was the reaction of the representitive of the teachers' union ,I think his name was John White , to this good news . Instead of simply acknowledging that this was something that he was aware of all along and calmly and in a dignified manner , congratulating his members , he engaged in a most undignified stream of triumphalist guff and verbal somersaults of joy the equivalent of a professional footballer having scored a goal .
Who is this guy ? Does he not realise that we , as tax payers , expect our overpaid teachers to perform ? Why was he so obviously surprised that the 'ordinary' schools came out so well in this statistical report ?
Incidently , when asked how many incompetant teachers were actually fired during the past number of years , he refused to answer , instead turning the question back on the representitive of the 'grind' schools . He used the answer that no teachers were fired for incompetance by the grind schools to somehow bolster his case . So apparently there are no incompetant teachers in his union.........what a wonderful world we live in......