THE newly-announced Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector will change primary education in Ireland. But is the minister’s target of 1,500 schools transferring to new patronage achievable? If it is, what will all these schools transform into and what will it mean for parents?

SITTING down and discussing sex and puberty with your children is one of the most effective ways of ensuring they will delay having sex and avoid unwanted pregnancies and abortions later in life, according to the Crisis Pregnancy Agency.