Primary schools no longer exclude children based on religion, review confirms

Ireland’s primary schools are no longer excluding children on the grounds of religion, a review of a law enacted seven years ago aimed at ending the practice has claimed.

Meanwhile, the same amendment enacted in 2018 has led to nearly 3% of Irish primary schools allocating places to children of a minority religion seeking education in institutions of their faith, the new report said.

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