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"We need be asking what is the purpose of this book..?"

The Department of Education is considering removing certain novels from the school curriculum fol...

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19.06 17 Sep 2020


"We need be asking what is the purpose of this book..?"


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19.06 17 Sep 2020


The Department of Education is considering removing certain novels from the school curriculum following complaints about a number of works which contain racial slurs, such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee or John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.

Yemi Adenuga Fine Gael Councillor for Navan who moved to Ireland from Nigeria and Malcolm Byrne  Fianna Fáil Senator , joined Kieran to discuss if these books still have a place in our classrooms. 


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