Organisation: Association of Trustees of Catholic Schools

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Slow pace of change is ‘depressing’ - President Higgins on education

THE old Jesuit motto — “give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man”— was attributed to that order’s co-founder Francis Xavier and, for many decades, it encapsulated an idea, and the practice, central to the perpetuation of Catholic dominance in this society. 

Mon, 23 May, 2016

Plan for more non-faith schools

Fresh efforts are being made to provide educational choice for more families following the Programme for Government plan for 400 non-religious schools.

Thu, 19 May, 2016

Church and state finances are dependent on assets’ true value

THE Department of Education has spent over €38 million buying school sites from organs of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Fri, 28 Oct, 2011

Patronage forum attempts to establish ‘transparent’ process

THE decision on whether or which schools should be divested to new patrons should not be decided by a simple local vote, parents and Catholic bishops appeared to agree yesterday.

Thu, 23 Jun, 2011