Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Burden
by John WatersThe 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 »
Irish Politics Plays Musical Chairs
by John WatersIreland is in cultural, social, and economic meltdown, and nobody seems willing to do things that might reverse this dissolution. Continue Reading »
On Behalf of Ireland’s Unborn
by John WatersThe idea that it is possible for pro-life politicians to sideline abortion in favor of “bread-and-butter issues” has no moral basis. Continue Reading »
Kilmainham Gaol
by Clinton CollisterWe stand in crooked lines outside the gate,Where my new bride and I map out our day,As gap-year Germans try to understandWhat their French friend in denim means by “hangry”.The jailers call the Germans to file pastA wall where Irish rebels hung and flailed.We spot a pub across the street and . . . . Continue Reading »
The World Will Whimper
by John DugganCatholic Ireland, as we knew it, has fallen. Continue Reading »
Dark Days in Northern Ireland
by John WatersAbortion and gay marriage have entered Northern Ireland by the back door. Continue Reading »
A New Saint on St. Stephen's Green
by Dermot QuinnIreland needs a devotional revolution and the inspiration of John Henry Newman. Continue Reading »
Broken Family, Broken Country
by John WatersMy Father Left Me Ireland: An American Son’s Search For Home by michael brendan dougherty sentinel, 223 pages, $24 Irish artists face a problem unknown to artists in, let us say, uninterrupted nations. It is possible for things, places, people to be “too Irish”—the gist of a note I . . . . Continue Reading »
Redeeming the Time with St. Patrick
by Terence SweeneyWhy love this world? Because it was in this world that we fell in love with God and it is only in this time that we can help other hearts turn to God. Continue Reading »
The Most Anti-Christian Country on Earth
by John WatersA government report in Ireland calls for crucifixes to be removed from hospital walls. Continue Reading »
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