Rethink urged on Protestant school aid cuts [Independent.ie]
- Published: 08 December 2009
THE Government was yesterday urged to rethink its decision to cut grants to Protestant secondary schools in the Republic.
The Royal Black Institution said it planned to follow the Orange Order and meet the Government and opposition leaders to raise concerns at the cuts.
Senior Protestant clergy in the Republic, plus a cross-section of political parties in the North, have joined government critics in attacking the plans to remove grant aid historically offered to 21 fee-paying Protestant schools.
Full Story: www.independent.ie
