Sir, – When I was in primary and secondary school in Ireland, religious education was part of the national curriculum and it still is.
From an American perspective, because of the separation here of church and state, this appears very strange. Standard practice in the US is for the church and parents to assume this educational responsibility, typically through Sunday school after church, or daily, after school. Surely a similar arrangement could work in Ireland? Or more to the point, why would anybody want the State to teach religion to their children? – Yours, etc,
NED MONAGHAN,
Siwanoy Lane,
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New Canaan,
Connecticut, US.