Who are your role models? As Irish society moves away from organised religion, Louise Holden looks at the uneasy relationship between faith and the media. The Irish National Teacher's Organisation held a conference this month on the subject of teaching religion in schools. The point was made that the media now play more of a role in shaping morality than the church does. A teacher with the responsibility for teaching religion is often the only person in a student's life discussing God.

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