A campaign for secular education
Students not attending Religious Instruction is a condition of State funding
Students are returning to school and many will face the prospect of being forced to take religion class. If they do manage to not participate, they are left sitting at the back of the class. The right to ‘not attend’ is written into the Constitution, it is not a matter ...
A new school year is starting. It will be another year where the State ignores the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction in publicly funded schools. The Minister for Education, Norma Foley continues to ignore her duty to protect the right to freedom of conscience and religion of minorities ...
Under the Irish Constitution, parents have the explicit right for their children to 'not attend' religious instruction in publicly funded schools, and the implicit right for their children to 'not attend' instruction in any subject that is against their conscience. Article 44.2.4 Article 44.2.4 of the Constitution explicitly gives parents the ...
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