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Sat 04 Apr 2011Quinn must do more homework on value of religion
If the only choice for schools in future is to be free from religion, it is no choice at all
RUAIRÍ QUINN is a man in a hurry. He wishes to implement without delay a fundamental change in the patronage of Irish primary schools. He also wants a new model of primary school where faith formation will not take place during the school day, because “the curriculum is overcrowded”. It is not entirely clear whether he is talking about new schools that will have been divested by Roman Catholic schools, or all primary schools.
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