First Communion preparation to be moved out of classrooms.

What?

I can’t be certain, but I think the poster might be referring to people who’s religious beliefs prohibit them from using soap, and scientists investigating the phenomenon found there wasn’t much of a difference in terms of alternative methods effectiveness -

Another interesting aspect may be to evaluate optional methods of hand cleansing which exist in some cultures according to deep-seated beliefs or available resources. As an example, in the Hindu culture, hands are rubbed vigorously with ash or mud and then rinsed with water. The belief behind this practice is that soap should not be used as it contains animal fat. If water is not available, other substances such as sand are used to rub the hands. In a scientific study performed in Bangladesh to assess faecal coliform counts from post-cleansing hand samples, hand cleansing with mud and ash was demonstrated to be as efficient as with soap.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143998/

But the religons would indeed leap at the chance to dictate to the state what to do, and allowing them access to children in their most formative years is a means to that very thing.

Hint: your knowledge of Irish is so utterly, comically badly, incorrect you should really stop trying to post nonsense about it.

All of the structures around these schools and hospitals predated the civil war that you seem to think is why they exist.

They were all state - British state, but still state - funded in the late 19th century and have been funded by the sucessor state since. Absolutely none of the efforts they made were charitable, but entirely about control.

You don't know what you're talking about, at all.

It’s not though, because merely by having access to children in their most formative years is not the same thing as religions having any authority in the affairs of the State. I’d be far more concerned about adults who are well beyond their formative years trying to induce fearmongering, prejudice and discrimination against other people in society who don’t conform to their standards, especially if those people were in Government. It’s for this reason I never need to be particularly concerned as they never do well in elections.

In fact, now I think of it, I can’t remember a time when education was an election issue, and when it comes to children’s welfare, well, the last time there was a referendum on the question of whether or not the State should have the authority to supplant the place of parents who it was deemed were failing in their responsibilities towards their children, the people didn’t appear to show all that much interest one way or the other, and those that did, were fairly evenly divided on what was being proposed -

It’s a good thing religions don’t have a say in affairs of the State, and it’s also a good thing that the opposite is also true, because it prevents State over-reach in discriminating against people who are religious and how they choose to raise their own children in accordance with their faith, enrolling them in schools which support the religious education of their children, supported by the State in delivering the national curriculum. The alternative is schools which are not eligible for State funding, and therefore not obligated to deliver the national curriculum. It still wouldn’t inhibit their access to children, because that’s a decision that can only be made by the children’s parents.

First rule is we don't talk about it.

What schools with Catholic ethos were set up by young parents?

What are these 'WOKE BS' classes happening in primary schools that some people want to withdraw their children from?

Thank god my kid is finished in education then.

You don't want your child to understand about the country they live in?

Relationships and Sex Education -

Overall, principals indicate that parents strongly support the provision of RSE in schools and very few parents request that their children be removed from lessons. Where this occurred, principals said it was most likely amongst parents of children from a Traveller background or parents of children from minority faiths. In these instances, teachers are encouraged to follow-up with parents and explain the approach and content of RSE, and this was usually effective in creating understanding and ensuring that students did not miss out on important lessons in RSE. In general, principals indicated that all children participate in SPHE/RSE lessons on an ongoing basis throughout the school day/year. However, they noted that when specific communication seeking consent is provided to parents on the teaching of puberty and reproduction, or the use of an external provider, a greater number of parents opt their children out of the lessons. In general, principals said they rarely encounter negative feedback from parents in relation to topics raised or approaches taken in class.

https://ncca.ie/media/4319/report-on-the-review-of-relationships-and-sexuality-education-rse-in-primary-and-post-primary-schools.pdf

‘Woke’ in it’s broader context relates to the promotion of ideas of people being conditioned to be subservient in their own systemic oppression, that they have to be awoken to the idea that they are being oppressed, and that they must fight against this oppression.

The term originated among black political activists, but has recently been appropriated by anyone and everyone who wishes to promote their own political views - portray themselves as victims and other groups in society as their oppressors, much like the way anti-theists characterise religions as oppressive, and to that end come out with fearmongering, extremist nonsense like this -

It tends to be pervasive in the educational philosophy espoused in Educate Together schools, one of social justice from a liberal perspective where they fetishise the major religions and purport to promote freedom of speech, diversity, inclusion and all that sort of stuff.

And while learning about the concept of faith and tolerance for others is absolutely appropriate for primary school, the practising of faith and catechism and training for receiving sacraments should take place away from State structures.

Religious institutions such as the vast majority of schools in Ireland owned and managed by religious organisations, aren’t State structures.

Church of Ireland, Church of England, Jews and Muslims all have their own schools too, where they educate children in accordance with their faith. Your relatives are a fairly anecdotal sample size by comparison.

It's the worst run department in our public service year after year.

How unsurprising. No doubt under undue influence of members of the Criminal enterprise known as the RCC, influencing direction, allocation of resources, project planning, etc. Paper payslips. Hilarious. I started working in 1977 (not in Ireland) and never received a paper payslip through my decades of work.