Outcry after primary school tells parents pupils 'required' to attend all religious ceremonies 

Education Equality is calling on the Government to compel schools to confine religious instruction and worship to a period at the end of the school day, outside core hours.

A Church of Ireland primary school is to review its ethos statement after it told parents pupils were “required” to attend all school religious ceremonies.

St Andrew’s National School in Lucan, Co Dublin, told parents in a message issued via Aladdin school software service that students were "are required to participate in all subject areas and attend all school religious ceremonies".