Ireland’s Next Referendum

by John Duggan

Catholic Ireland's battle against the de-Catholicizing of her Constitution is coming to an end.
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22 Nov 2022

Abortion and the Midterm Elections

by Jonathon Van Maren

The voting public can generally be divided into three key groups: hardcore pro-lifers, hardcore abortion supporters, and those who find the abortion movement's agenda extreme but still support abortion in certain circumstances. Continue Reading »

11 Nov 2022

The Future ­Remains Open

by Dan Hitchens

Longtime fans of the Irish poet Derek ­Mahon had to laugh when, in the spring of 2020, he unexpectedly went viral. As part of an Instagram series organized by the Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke to provide “poetry for the heart and soul” during the pandemic, another superstar, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2022

The Irish Psyche Today

by John Duggan

Recent essays and a Neumann Forum report on contemporary Ireland reveal liberalism does not sit well in the Emerald Isle.  Continue Reading »

20 Oct 2022

Post-Catholic Ireland on Screen

by John Duggan

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 »

29 Aug 2022

Brian Moore at 100

by John Wilson

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 »

16 Dec 2021

Of Mass and Masquerade

by John Waters

The overall approach of the Irish authorities in their handling of lockdown measures has been both confusing and strategic. Continue Reading »

27 May 2021

What Happened to Catholic Ireland?

by John Duggan

The Irish Church was unable to find its way to both engaging and withstanding modernity. Continue Reading »

11 May 2021

Palm Sunday in Ireland

by David Quinn

The Irish police force has fined Fr. Hughes €500 for saying Mass in public, and he refuses to pay it. Continue Reading »

6 Apr 2021

Quite Contrary

by C. D. C. Armstrong

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 »

1 Jan 2021