Number of Catholics has plummeted,but church still dictates admissions criteria for huge majority of schools – with non-believers at bottom of pileInstead of starting school final month, Reuben Murphy found himself back in his Dublin nursery for another year as his mother, or Nikki,re-embarked on her quest to find a place at a local state primary for her four-year-old son.
She has already applied to 15 schools. But, following rejections from nine final year, and Murphy is far from confident that a place will be found for Reuben. In a country where more than 90% of state schools are race by the Catholic church,unbaptised children like him are at the bottom of their admissions lists.
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Source: theguardian.com