DUP education minister Paul Givan has to decide what modest changes may be needed to religious instruction in schools in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
The UK supreme court ruled last week that religious education in Northern Ireland’s schools is unlawful indoctrination, in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.
That sounds dramatic but it means surprisingly little for schools.
Its main impact is to hand unionism, and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in particular, a culture war battleground so safe it is more of a playground, fittingly enough.
The ruling does not require any change in the law or challenge the primacy of Christianity in schools, leaving DUP education minister Paul Givan to decide what modest changes might be necessary under existing rules.
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