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12th January 2018
02:58pm GMT

Senator Ó Ríordáin cited several studies to make his case, claiming co-education leads to "better social outcomes".
Dividing kids along gender lines in schools doesn't reflect the real world and leads to gender stereotypes and restricted subject choice, he argued.
He proposed that Ireland set a target to make all primary schools co-educational in the next ten years.
The senator has a background in education. He was a principal of St Laurence O'Toole's Girls' Primary School on the north side of Dublin city for 11 years.
"I loved every second of it," he said of his time as a teacher.
"But no one should be frightened of a debate."
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