[Catharsis.]

Originally Posted by Coexist.

I think schools can exist that are religiously based but they shouldn't run on public funds. However, Ireland is a Catholic country, isn't it? The United States is a secular country (contrary to what some people like to whine about during Christmas. ) so it would be ridiculous to have public money going to religious schools (although religious insititutions are not taxed, which I do not understand in the least bit.). But in a country that is an actual Catholic country, it might be different.

Careful now. I'd say given recent events involving the Catholic Church in Ireland, as well as the fact that due to our dodgy welfare system and overly-lenient immigration laws economic expansion during the Celtic Tiger, we now have a range of different nationalities amongst the population of this island, plenty of people would beg to differ.