A video interview with Fr. Michael Drumm, Chairperson of the Catholic Schools Partnership on the recent issue of their position paper on Catholic Schools.

PRESS RELEASE 31 March 2011 Mediating School Ethos as a Co-patron Lecture Notes of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, at the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools Convention 2011, White’s Hotel, Wexford We are experiencing a challenging time regarding education in Ireland.  There is great cultural ferment and a spirit [...]

PRESS RELEASE 28 March 2011 Bishops’ Council for Education response to Minister Quinn’s announcement concerning the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector The Council for Education of the Irish Episcopal Conference welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Mr Ruairi Quinn TD, of the appointment of Dr. John Coolahan, [...]

Policy For The Religious Education of Catholic Children Not Attending Catholic Schools Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference 2011   Download pdf

PRESS RELEASE 30 January 2011 Homily of Bishop Brendan Kelly for the Mass opening Catholic Schools Week 2011 broadcast by RTÉ1 television Cardinal Brady introduces short documentary on Catholic schools in advance of Mass broadcast Bishop Brendan Kelly, Bishop of Achonry and chair of the Council for Education of the Irish Bishops’ Conference, today celebrated [...]

PRESS RELEASE 22 October 2010 ‘The Role of the Churches in Education’ by Bishop Donal McKeown This is very propitious time for a serious conference on the topic – or perhaps, on the topics – which come under the role of the Churches in education, both North and South. So I greatly welcome the fact [...]

PRESS RELEASE 21 October 2010 Opening address by Cardinal Seán Brady at The Irish Inter-Church Meeting conference ‘The Churches and Education: Context, Vision and Values‘ Emmaus Retreat and Conference Centre, Swords, Co Dublin I welcome you all this morning to this Conference on ‘The Churches and Education: Context, Vision and Values’, organised by the Church [...]

PRESS RELEASE16 October 2010 Statement by Bishop McKeown in response to recent comments on diversity of education provision in Northern Ireland “The ongoing debate concerning diversity of education provision in Northern Ireland requires recognition of the fundamental right of parents in the choice of faith-based education for their child,” according to Bishop Donal McKeown, Chair [...]

PRESS RELEASE 3 August 2010 Bishops’ Council for Education response to the Department of Education & Skills examination of areas for possible divesting of patronage of Catholic primary schools The Council for Education of the Irish Bishops’ Conference welcomes the publication today of data by the Department of Education and Skills on possible divesting of [...]

PRESS RELEASE 8 May 2010 ‘Catholic Schools – looking to the future’ Address by Fr Michael Drumm, Chairperson of Catholic Schools Partnership, at a conference held in St Patrick’s Parish Centre, Kilkenny on “Catholic Schools: Envisioning a Future” Schools are among the most important realities in our lives. We spend a lot of time in [...]