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Sat 03 Mar 2010Martin welcomes plan to reduce Catholic schools
THE ARCHBISHOP of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has welcomed an announcement yesterday by Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe that his department “will shortly be providing an initial list of about 10 urban areas that can be used to test the concept of reducing the number of Catholic schools”.
Archbishop Martin also said that solutions would have to be found to respect the rights of teachers “who do not wish to be involved in religious education”.
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