With the referendums on marriage and abortion comfortably won, with gender self-ID written into law, where next for a country that has staked its new identity on a maximalist adoption of liberalism? Continue Reading »
There are so many books that are not “great,” but are still worth saving from oblivion, at least for the moment. Brian Moore’s work falls into this category. Continue Reading »
The overall approach of the Irish authorities in their handling of lockdown measures has been both confusing and strategic. Continue Reading »
The Irish Church was unable to find its way to both engaging and withstanding modernity. Continue Reading »
The Irish police force has fined Fr. Hughes €500 for saying Mass in public, and he refuses to pay it. Continue Reading »
Mary McAleese is known to some as Ireland’s second female president, a position she held for fourteen years. She is known to others as a prominent Catholic laywoman and a critic of her Church’s teaching, a role she has assumed in the nine years since she left office. Her new memoir deals with . . . . Continue Reading »
The case going before Ireland’s High Court this week will be the most important in the history of the country. Continue Reading »
People seem no longer to understand that freedom is not an ordinary thing; it does not occur spontaneously. Continue Reading »
Always state—and where possible, illustrate—the true nature of abortion.
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The Irish political system and media have refused to provide any form of opposition, so increasingly perturbed citizens have had to step into the breach. Continue Reading »
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