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This means local counties are among the top areas of the country where parents expressed a strong preference for their school's ethos to remain denominational.

A Department of Education survey is asking for opinions on a number of issues, including whether a school is under religious or multi-denominational patronage.

The pope was admitted to hospital following complaints of breathing issues.

Archbishop Eamon Martin, the country's most senior Catholic priest, has welcomed the announcement that places of worship will be re-opening at the end