The Catholic Church in Ireland must let go of its schools

In Ireland, publicly funded education is almost entirely Catholic and this, from a Catholic perspective, is no longer a good thing.

To safeguard the integrity and Catholicity of the education being provided to Catholic families, the Irish bishops must divest the majority of these schools.

The two primary reasons to do this are that the status quo is not serving the mission of the Church, and that we do not have the resources to ensure that each of these schools is committed to witnessing to the fullness of the Faith. You could add a third: if we do not act now, our hand will be forced in the future.