Control of schools by church to be discussed [IrishTimes]
- Published: 12 November 2009
CATHOLIC BISHOPS will be under pressure to identify schools they are willing to relinquish control of at a meeting with Department of Education officials today.
Over the past 18 months, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has repeatedly signalled his willingness to let go of schools in areas where the Catholic Church is over-represented. At present the church controls over 92 per cent of primary schools (3,000 of the total of 3,200) in the State.
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