IRELAND
Irish Independent
By Katherine Donnelly
Tuesday April 10 2012
THE first official steps towards a historic handover of Catholic primary schools to other patron bodies will get under way shortly.
A softly, softly approach to the transfer is recommended with about 50 schools expected to be involved in initial efforts to switch patron.
Up to 47 towns and suburban areas of Dublin have been targeted for the first phase of the process.
These areas have 250 schools between them so, on average, one Catholic school in each area could be transferred to a new patron, such as the multi-denominational body, Educate Together.
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