In his homily at a Mass to open the academic year, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warns that removing the Church entirely from Irish education could be “a deliberate misreading of Irish history”.

Past pupil, long serving staff member and patron of Summerhill College “delighted to be associated so publicly with such a progressive development”.

Seeing the nativity scene will help students of St Raphael’s Special School to visualise and understand the Christmas story.

Kit aids children with special needs make their First Holy Communion.