O'Keeffe: Bishops' roles in schools is 'minimal'

The Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has refused to back calls for bishops named in the Murphy report to be removed as patrons of schools.

O'Keeffe: Bishops' roles in schools is 'minimal'

The Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has refused to back calls for bishops named in the Murphy report to be removed as patrons of schools.

The Labour Party said the move would send a clear signal that the State will not tolerate what the Church covered up in the past.

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