Referendum result can’t change a school’s ethos

I was appalled at the attitude of Junior Minister, Aodhán O’Riordáin, to changing the laws that preserve the ethos of denominational schools of all religions.

This is the man who once said that civil servants should not give any undue deference to churchmen. His cynical plan is to make inoperable the law that preserves a school ethos. A religious school is morally entitled to staff that supports its values.

All this, one supposes, flows from the recent same-sex marriage referendum, as the minister bemoans the plight of teachers who hide their sexual identities. As a percentage of the population, homosexuals are few.