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John Colgan (on Twitter @ColganJohn and Facebook) has compiled some interesting data about the changing nature of marriage in Ireland from Census 2016 and other databases via the Central Statistics Office.nnTable #1. Roman Catholic Marriages as a % of All (Province by year)n n n n n n n n n n n n n…

This is the text (as amended) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill, 2016.nnhttps://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2016/58/eng/ver_a/b58a16d.pdfnnHowever there are no penalties attaching to any patron body or board of management for failure to observe the provisions in the Bill.

Letter to Editor of The Irish Times from Paddy Monahan: 9 January 2018 n n n n Sir, – In your otherwise excellent editorial on the “baptism barrier” (January 5th), you state “many schools are flexible and inclusive”. n Some 96 per cent of taxpayer-funded primary schools in Ireland have a religious ethos and, as…

n In a short statement issued last night Dick Spicer and son, Norman, point out there may be some issues of governance still to be resolved re the NMH and Vincents but our legal case has achieved all it could within the parameters of the Constitution, and these are substantial gains indeed.n n The grounds…

This piece is from Colette Browne in today’s Irish Independent.n n nn”The decision by the Order of the Sisters of Charity to relinquish control of the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG) is a victory for protesters – and an indictment of the Government.nn n n n nnHealth Minister Simon Harris yesterday dubbed the decision by…

This update today is from the Irish Examiner:nnUpdate 2.10pm: The Health Minister said he intends to have a discussion at cabinet about the ownership structures of hospitals.nnIt is after the Sisters of Charity announced it would be divesting its interest in the new national maternity hospital.nnnnHowever under current plans the state still will not own…