Rejection by schools is like ‘a punch in the stomach,’ says the mother of an unbaptized boy. DUBLIN — After Ireland voted for same-sex marriage last year, the
next social battleground in this Catholic country is shaping up to be
education.
Though the number of practicing Catholics in Ireland has decreased dramatically over the past decade, the church still controls the admissions criteria for the majority of the schools in Ireland, with unbaptized children at the bottom of waiting list.
http://www.politico.eu/article/in-irish-schools-non-catholics-struggle-for-admission-religious-discrimination-access-to-education/
Though the number of practicing Catholics in Ireland has decreased dramatically over the past decade, the church still controls the admissions criteria for the majority of the schools in Ireland, with unbaptized children at the bottom of waiting list.
http://www.politico.eu/article/in-irish-schools-non-catholics-struggle-for-admission-religious-discrimination-access-to-education/