Teachers in the Republic of Ireland want a more secular approach to education, a survey of the country's largest teachers' ...

Primary school teachers want a school system that is "inclusive, equitable and reflective of the diversity of our pupils", ...

Just 4 per cent of teachers think preparing students for sacraments should be the responsibility of primary schools.

For countless children in Ireland’s Catholic primary schools, confirmation is usually celebrated when they are 12 years old on the cusp of adolescence, in the final months of their final year of ...

Ireland is the outlier ... She also spoke of how one of her children – who attends a local Catholic school – was upset when she had ashes placed on her forehead against her wishes.

Opposition politicians have called on the Government to act on a survey that found teachers believe schools should be more ...

The vast majority (88 percent) said they taught in Catholic schools, 5 per cent in Educate Together, and 4 per cent in Church of Ireland schools. A large majority (83 percent) said children in all ...