Outcry at go-ahead for new Catholic schools [Independent.ie]
- Published: 16 February 2010
APPROVAL has been given for two new Catholic primary schools -- despite the admission by bishops that the church already has too many.
The decision by Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has angered Educate Together, which is the patron body for 56 multi-denominational primary schools.
Chief executive Paul Rowe said: "the abundance of Catholic primary schools in the country has been well documented, with the church recently acknowledging an inherent oversupply. Yet new Catholic schools have been announced for Drogheda and Galway."
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