Press release from Citizens to Separate Church & State (CSCS) and Irish National Schools’ Trust (INST) Date: 12 February 2016 (for immediate use) Inequality in education – Demands for reform of National Schools posed…
Policymakers have a responsibility to plan for all children. They could learn from Finland says Joe Humphreys. Imagine a place where there were no private schools, no waiting lists, no demands for baptism certs; a…
Catholic schools’ spokesman Michael Drumm says ‘amalgamation is way forward’ by Joe Humphreys. Creating more diversity and inclusiveness was the flagship enterprise of former minister for education Ruairí Quinn. He set up the Forum on…
Opinion: The State surely has a duty to offer parents access to secular education for their children by Kitty Holland. My son, who will be four years old in March, is not baptised. He has…
By Cathal Barry. A leading figure in Catholic education has warned that the Church could mount a constitutional challenge to any attempt to strip schools of the right to defend their religious ethos. Fr Michael…
Dr Ali Selim calls for a ‘revolution of inclusivity’ in Irish schools by Patsy McGarry. A spokesman for the Muslim community in Ireland has called for radical change in the educational system to accommodate children…