Church 'shocked' by Quinn plan for schools [independent.ie]
- Published: 29 March 2011
CATHOLIC Church leaders last night said they were shocked by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn's target of transferring more than 1,500 church schools to other patrons.
And they argued that his start date for the transfers to begin in next January was too ambitious.
The minister is setting up a Forum on Patronage and Pluralism which will report by the end of October, with the possibility of transfers starting early next year. But church sources said the minister was going too far, too fast.
read more ...
