Review the Constitution and make civics a pillar of our education

On April Fool’s Day, 1986, a survey of 404 Irish students was published in a national newspaper.

Review the Constitution and make civics a pillar of our education

Only 10% of them had a copy of the Constitution; nearly half said they knew nothing of the functions of the President and Dail and how the country was governed, and 95% of them wanted to know of it.

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