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Claudia Savage

Northern Ireland segregated housing and education ‘obscene’, MPs told

Segregated housing and education is ‘obscene’ 25 years on from Good Friday Agreement, the leader of a community activist group has said.

More than 90% of schools in Northern Ireland are still segregated by religion. David Holloway, the director of Community Dialogue, commented on segregation in schools when giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs committee on Tuesday.

“Segregating housing, interface barriers/peace walls and segregating education are today, I would say actually, obscene,” he said.

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