Churches urged to confirm attitude to mixed-religion schools

A report into the circumstances surrounding the sacking of the principal of a Co Meath gaelscoil earlier this year has recommended that the main churches spell out their attitude to religious education in interdenominational schools.

During the summer, Tomas O’Dulaing was sacked from his job at Gaelscoil Thulach na nOg in Dunboyne after he refused to prepare Catholic children for Holy Communion during school hours.