Morals didn’t change last week, but power certainly did

The assent of the people to the social contract between Church and State is now withdrawn.

It is a coincidence that yesterday the Dáil resumed debate on the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016. A so-called baptism ban will be limited in future, if it passes.

In fact, it only tinkers with control of an education system that has long lost its former reality. Schools are only the start. Then there are hospitals and swathes of social services.