What's up with Ireland?

[dyresand]

Judging by their track record it looks like they are going to go 0 for 4.  Good to see the church take it up the ass..... although the pervs probably like it.

I wouldn't be sure that the rcc still hasn't a long future in the schools. Education is by far the most conservative department in the state, no wonder when you spend eight years in religious primary school, 6 in religious secondary school, and 4 in religious university (all teacher training colleges in Ireland are run by religious orders). Primary schools have to spend half an hour a day on religious instruction, plus the month each in 94% os schools for communion and confirmation, thats nearly two whole years learning about Jebus.

Recently a secular group were denied the right to patron a state funded school in Cork. If they were successful they would have been the first state school (outside of third level) without a religious ethos to inform every decision.

I agree rrc doesn't have much of a future in schools considering this is the technological age kids can just google find out what their being taught
is  bs. As far as the secular group being denied i am not surprised that happen the church is still trying to hold what little power they have still.