GALWAY CONFERENCE ON RETHINKING EDUCATION IN IRELAND

Date Published: 25-Oct-2012

An international conference on the future role of church and state in education in Ireland gets underway in Furbo tomorrow [Fri Oct 26].

The conference 'rethinking education in Ireland' will focus on issues such as catholic education in a post catholic country as well as equality in access to education.

At the moment the Catholic Church runs more than 9 out of 10 schools around the country, and recent CSO figures reveal 84% of the population are Catholics.

The Ignation Identity group of Colaiste Iognaid is behind the conference which marks 150 years of the secondary school in Galway.

The public is invited to go along to the event tomorrow and Saturday at the Connemara Coast Hotel, however there is a charge to attend.

Further details are available on www.rethinkingeducation.ie