Labour: 'Next major constitutional question' must be religious involvement in schools

A referendum banning religious involvement in schools should take place as soon as next year because it is no longer "tenable" for the Catholic church to have a "disproportionate influence" on young people, according to the Labour Party.

Labour senators Aodhan O Riordain, Ged Nash and Ivana Bacik insisted the move is needed immediately, saying "the time is right in Irish history", as they called on the Citizens' Assembly to be reconvened in the autumn to address the matter.