On Saturday 28th of November Atheist Ireland will hold an extraordinary general meeting to discuss & vote on our education policy. The meeting will briefly establish where Ireland is now as regards religion in education. It will then focus on what we would specifically like to see replacing faith-based schools. ...
I’ll kick off the section on education in Ireland system by telling of my experience in it. I grew up and went to primary school in the 70s when 95% of schools were Catholic (now it “just” 92%). There were three schools in my smallish town, a boys’ only monastery ...