Government urged to end single-sex schools in next 15 years

The Government’s being urged to end single-sex schools within the next 15 years.

Labour will publish a Bill this week which aims to discontinue gender discrimination in school admissions.

It says the current system is “outdated”, and eliminating single-sex schools would promote consent and tackle toxic masculinity.

Labour’s education spokesperson, Aodhán O’Riordáin, says Ireland lags behind other countries when it comes to co-ed schools: