Taking the church out of Irish primary schools
The Catholic Church is patron of almost 90% of primary schools. Can a new reconfiguration plan deliver more choice for parents?
Michael O’Kennedy obituary: A Fianna Fáil veteran who enjoyed long and varied career
Former minister, senator and European commissioner is remembered for his integrity
‘Man of great integrity’: Taoiseach pays tribute after death of Michael O’Kennedy
Former Fianna Fáil minister and EU commissioner left ‘a rich political legacy’
Parents may not get to choose patron of ‘reconfigured’ Catholic schools
Educate Together fears being excluded from plan to create multi-denominational schools
State to pay Church rent for schools that become multi-denominational
Bishops to ‘co-operate fully’ in facilitating school choice in eight pilot areas
Government to provide €21.5m to regenerate vacant buildings in rural communities
Funding for 27 projects includes old schools, cinemas and court houses across the country
No coughing and windows down: Complaints from people who failed driving tests
Cork’s test centre has highest pass rate with Dublin test centres among lowest
Tributes paid to pioneering journalist Mary Maher who has died aged 81
Trade unionist and feminist activist spent 36 years with The Irish Times
John Desmond Bernal: Molecular biologist, committed communist, Tipperary native
An Irishman’s Diary: One of 20th century’s greatest scientists was born in Nenagh
Challenge brought over refusal to grant widower’s pension
Declaration sought that law on which decision was taken is unconstitutional
‘So far, so good’: Passengers return to Dublin Airport on Monday
Several travellers take Covid tests amid doubts about arrival of vaccine certs
North-South trade post-Brexit: ‘I’m avoiding England, it doesn’t work for me any more'
Early economic figures show emerging shift from east-west to north-south dealings
Cork canteen closed after dead mouse found under freezer
Retailer forced to shut due to ‘evidence of rodent interference’ with bags of pasta
Care home lacked isolation space five months after Covid-19 outbreak
Hiqa report raises concerns about Clonakilty facility where 10 residents died last year
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