‘We must agree on remaining issues as quickly as possible’

LAST HURRAH? Some of last year’s 11-plus pupils from St Bride's Prmary School in south Belfast. The Catholic bishops have scrupulously avoided endorsing the perspective of any political party or specific structures to replace the controversial exam PICTURE: Jonathan Porter

Statement in full on behalf of the Catholic northern bishops: Cardinal Sean Brady, Bishop of Down and Connor Patrick Walsh, Bishop of Derry Seamus Hegarty, Bishop of Clogher Joseph Duffy, Bishop of Dromore John McAreavey, Auxillary Bishops of Down and Connor Donal McKeown and Anthony Farquhar, Auxillary Bishop of Armagh Gerard Clifford and Auxillary Bishop of Derry Francis Lagan

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