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Catch Up on Education Equality
Season 1, Ep. 212
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This week I chatted to Aoife Cassidy McMenamin of Education Equality Ireland about their campaign to remove religious instruction from schools. As you probably know, many Irish families have no choice but to send their children to Catholic schools, and this is having a significant impact on children's education. Aoife tells us about the efforts being made to change that.
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