Bishops say State-run schools not preparing children for Communion
Letter to State-run primary schools warns that faith programmes do not satisfy the requirements for sacramental preparation for Catholic children
Are Catholic bishops ready to give up patronage of schools?
Minister Richard Bruton’s new divestment plan is carrot rather than stick approach
Catholic Schools Partnership chair leaves the position
Catholic Church announces Fr Richard Byrne as the new head of the education body
Bruton plan backs Church to transfer primary patronage
Government plans to raise number of multi-denominational schools to 400 within 15 years
Patronage debate: Hopes for Community National School model
Church may transfer patronage of many schools to local education boards under initiative
Is this the answer to the school patronage debate?
With 96% of schools under religious control, community national schools say they offer a way around the ‘baptism barrier’
Schools should accept pupils on proximity - O'Sullivan
Jan O’Sullivan says future reform of admissions needed to ensure equal access
New patronage model proposed for primary schools
Partnership would give Catholic Church and State joint control over school management
Ban schools from seeking baptism certs for entrants, say humanists
Church control of schools causing children to have ‘pragmatic baptisms’, says group
Schools have rights on ethos, says priest
Fr Michael Drumm says deletion of rule would undermine religious freedom
‘Catholic first’ school admissions policies may be illegal
Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan aims to speed up process of switching patronage
Segregation concerns over transfer of school patronage
Catholic schools’ spokesman Michael Drumm says ‘amalgamation is way forward’
Cog notes: How civic-minded are our schools?
Concern has been expressed that some schools are dropping Civic, Social and Political Education
Planned schools admissions bill a form of ‘micro-management’
Catholic church spokesman says schools have constitutional right to faith-based policy
Bishops warn of secularisation of Catholic schools
‘To equate all religions is to empty them of any significance’ - education body
No problem with admissions to ‘vast majority’ of schools
Schools ‘open to all children whose parents apply’ says Fr Michael Drumm
Quinn questions amount of school time spent on religious education
Minister suggests transfer of some activities to local parishes
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