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The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, and the chair of the Bishop's Commission on Education Bishop, Leo O'Reilly, are to meet senior officials at the Department of Education in a week's time to discuss the transfer of Catholic schools to State patronage. News of the planned meeting was revealed at a session of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science this morning. More than 90% of all primary schools here are currently owned and run by the Catholic Church.  

CHURCH of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Paul Colton, has claimed on Twitter that he has received anonymous, sectarian letters concerning the furore over Protestant secondary school funding.  

At a Conjoint meeting of the Church of Ireland Diocesan Synods of Cashel, Ossory and Ferns in the Woodlands Hotel, Waterford, the following motion was passed unanimously. 'That the joint synods of Cashel and Ossory and Ferns, meeting in Waterford on October 21 2009, wish to convey to the Minister for Education and Science, Mr Batt O'Keeffe, their extreme disquiet at the unilateral redesignation of Protestant–managed voluntary secondary schools outside the 'free' sector. The synods are also concerned tha  

The kidnap of GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki in Darfur , and Fr Michael Sinnott in the Philippines are stark reminders of the risks faced by all development workers, President Mary McAleese said yesterday.  

A DISGRACED Tipperary-born archbishop was regularly wined and dined at the Irish Embassy to Nigeria at the taxpayers' expense.  

EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe has refused to reveal details of any legal advice which prompted the axing of grants to Protestant secondary schools.  

THE long-awaited report into clerical child sex abuse will be a painful reflection on society, the Archbishop of Dublin warned yesterday.  

Later this week, potentially the most explosive report on clerical sex abuse in this country will be published.  

Pluralism in Ireland would suffer without Protestant communities and their schools the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin has said.  

A long-awaited report into clerical child sex abuse will be a painful reflection on society, the Archbishop of Dublin has warned.