I agree with point made by 300bps - concrete information is necessary, but such 'tolerated' behaviour by the institutions affiliated with the Irish government is not unknown. This is not necessarily down to vice, but to a bizarre fastening to a cultural dysfunction that is rampant and "normal" in the Irish government if you were to accept their duplicity. No-one can get fired, there is no accountability, their stance on life and well being is well out of line with most modern Irish people (which thankfully voted yes recently), and intergenerational guilt prevents them from separating the catholic church from state. To be clear, I say this as an Irish atheist and with an already exiting intention to leave. Apart from the amount of hurt and pain that these absolutely unfounded "traditional" practices have, they serve no valid purpose and there is no one to blame. Such a duplicitous culture. Such an island of backwards savages if you were to assume the government represents the people who actually live here. Apologies for ranting. I hope the human beings that have had their identities distorted have the courage to find themselves and to accept themselves unconditionally.