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Are co-educational schools the future of Irish education?

Mean Scoil Mhuire and St Mel’s College in Longford, both single-sex schools, have announced pla...

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08.00 3 Dec 2024


Are co-educational schools the future of Irish education?


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Mean Scoil Mhuire and St Mel’s College in Longford, both single-sex schools, have announced plans to merge into a co-educational school.  This means the county will have no options for single-sex schools in the next few years but is this the future of Irish education?

We asked Michelle O’Kelly is Principal of Mercy Secondary in Inchicore, which became co-educational in 2019.


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