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 »
Ireland is in cultural, social, and economic meltdown, and nobody seems willing to do things that might reverse this dissolution. Continue Reading »
The 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 »
We 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 »
Catholic Ireland, as we knew it, has fallen. Continue Reading »
Abortion and gay marriage have entered Northern Ireland by the back door. Continue Reading »
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