IVANA BACIK,
Sir, - I write to lend my support to the beleaguered principal of the Gaelscoil in Dunboyne, Co Meath. He is right to insist that Communion preparation should not take place during normal school hours, and it is unacceptable that the board of management does not back him on this.
This case raises again the need for a true separation of Church and State to take place, through the withdrawal of national schools from the control and management of religious denominations. Only then will we be able to move toward a truly secular and pluralist republic. - Yours, etc.,
IVANA BACIK, Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin 7.