Transgender Rights vs Religious Fundamenatalism.

My view on a current controversy in an Irish school that is the focus of international attention.

County Hall in Beverley, East Yorkshire where I was a public representative from 1985–9. Photo from Hull Daily Mail.

A long time ago I was in a position to exert some influence on the education policy of a large local authority in the north of England. It meant, for example, that I sat on panels charged with selecting head teachers for…