The IHRC will not do anything only register and they will keep it confidential if you want. It is important to make sure they know. I have no experience in appealing the dicission before the minister, I wrote to them when I had problems with our sons school but they said the school was a private bod...

That is really terrible but maybe you saved yourself the trouble my son went through when I sent him to the local RC school

I would really bring this to the attention of the IHRC, they only register but it is important that they hear of this.

Thank you all for the links. Bik, you are right, I am angry and frustrated. I can see I'm not the only one. I understand now, from the links posted (thanks), that there has been campaigning and work on the legal side to change the situation but I guess it was ignored. I first of all want to commend...

This is sadly possible due to the fact that the Irish State sees the religious schools as private schools although they are state funded.

Jane (our education officer) would probably be able to explain more to you.

Martijn

bipedalhumanoid wrote:
Thanks Tulip.

No I'm not a teacher, just a science nerd who reads a lot of pop science books.

Well you are very good at explaining it.

Great post Bip! Very interesting.

You made me understand things in that post that normally make my head spin .

I hope you are teaching this stuff?

Well David Quinn had free publicity and views put forward thanks to google.

In my first letter setting out the complaint I pointed out that non religious people formed the largest minority in the state. The reply from the Credit Union did not touch upon the points I layed out. The reply was we (committee) think the prayer is a good idea and if you and others do not want to...

Bik you can block him and you won't see his posts anymore. good idea , where does one find the correct button? You can block his profile, you go on the persons profile. Go to the settings drop down arrow and click the block/report button. Just don't report. Sadly if you are admin of the group you w...

Maybe emphasize that the non-religious are the second largest group and growing.