Letters to the Editor: Irish parents face headache over school choices

One reader points out that Ireland has one of the highest percentages of single-sex secondary schools in Europe, while another says the Irish Government must act unilaterally in imposing sanctions on Israel

Who would want to be a parent trying to decide where to send their child to secondary school, asks Tom McElligott. Picture: File

Higher Education Minister Patrick O’Donovan doesn’t hold back when he says: “If the first time you come in contact with somebody from the opposite gender in your education journey is your first day in university at freshers week, that, to me, is absolutely crazy in 2024.” (Irish Examiner, August 12)

Take a small town like Listowel with its three secondary schools; one all-boys, one all-girls, and a co-educational school. All doing well, seemingly, with significant investments ongoing in all three.