Letters to the Editor: Religion has no right to force itself on schoolkids

Religious instruction and worship should be moved outside core hours on an opt-in basis in all schools

Your series on the changing face of religion in Ireland is timely. Freedom of religion and belief is a universal human right and we all have the right to change or renounce our faith at any time.

Having ceded control of our taxpayer-funded education system to private religious bodies since its foundation, the State nevertheless denies families this right in Irish classrooms. Breaches of human rights stemming from a dysfunctional church/State relationship are a daily reality for non-religious families and families of minority religions in our schools.