Calls for U-turn on Protestant schools' grants [Herald.ie]
- Published: 08 December 2009
The Government was urged yesterday to rethink its decision to cut grants to Protestant secondary schools.
The Royal Black Institution said it planned to follow its sister group 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 Northern Ireland, joined critics of the Government in attacking the plans to remove grant aid historically offered to 21 fee-paying Protestant schools.
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