Quinn refuses to intervene in veil ban

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has refused to intervene after a school banned a Muslim girl from wearing the hijab — a veil worn by Muslim women and girls.

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has taken up the case, insisting it is not acceptable for a school to insist the traditional Muslim form of dress cannot be worn.

The 11-year-old girl’s parents have asked for Mr Boyd Barrett’s to help to get the ban overturned at a school in his Dún Laoghaire constituency.