Man who held screwdriver to neck of primary school principal during robbery is jailed School board member Beatrice Shanley was able to take a picture during the attack at St Joseph’s National School in Longford 05 March, 2021 01:00 A man who held a screwdriver to the neck of a school principal during a robbery has been jailed. James Cranny (38), of Meadow Crest, Boyle, Co Roscommon, was sentenced to three years at a sitting of Longford Circuit Criminal Court yesterday. The court heard he had consumed a cocktail of drink and drugs in Dublin before travelling by train to Longford on the evening of August 27 last year.