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#‎RoopeshPanicker‬ speaking from the floor at last nights TV3 ‘People’s Debate’.nHe poses his question 32 min into programme.nOnly ‪#‎RuthCoppinger‬TD (AAA), the ‪#‎greenparty_ie candidate and ‪#‎VinB‬ get it. All the others uttering the same mantras as directed by party HQs. #fiannafailparty candidate clueless! No mention of upholding Article 44.2.4.nhttp://www.tv3.ie/3player/show/573/0/0/n

The draft Report on Ireland from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has been released from Geneva (29 Jan).nNot unexpectedly it decries the inability of a child who does not wish to receive religious instruction in a National School to not receive that instruction or faith-formation sessions.nnSo why the silence from our…

Irish patronage debate makes global headlines- Irish Times 16 February 2016n n Some politicians are fond of claiming that the “baptism barrier” debate regarding Irish schools is just a local issue confined to oversubscribed schools in affluent parts of Dublin. n For a provincial issue, it is making international waves. The New York Times recently…

Citizens to Separate Church & State was invited to address the public meeting about ‘Educating Ireland Equally’ held on Friday 12 February in TCD hosted by TCD Students Union.nnHere is our addressnn: EducationInequality-v#2-TCDSU-12-02-16

Our press release issued this morning to coincide with the TCD SU hosted husting event in TCD at lunchtime refers to the Stanley Letter of 1831.nnYou can read a transcript of the original letter on the Department of Education & Skills web-site here: http://ow.ly/YgIEpnnHere is one of the key precepts:n “They will require that the…

nnPress release from Citizens to Separate Church & State (CSCS) and Irish National Schools’ Trust (INST)nnDate: 12 February 2016 (for immediate use)nnInequality in education – Demands for reform of National Schools posed to Political Parties and Groupings for General Election 2016nnThere has been much media coverage recently of the scandal of baptismal certificates being used…

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