“Holly Cairns is in the building “: Jason responds to the Late Late Show’s hype-building efforts, and laments the lack of imagination shown in some of Ireland’s key institutions.
Until one question has been convincingly answered, one can hardly blame the public for suspecting that the Church might still have that problem, or that it might come back with a vengeance.
Those with intellectual disabilities ‘particularly vulnerable’
A church that speaks out on Christian doctrine only when that doctrine happens to coincidentally serve the political needs of the state is, in this writer’s estimation, barely worthy of the name.
Approaching the 5th anniversary of the repeal of the 8th amendment, the Catholic Bishops Conference have said that the narrative around abortion must be changed and asserted their belief that Ireland’s abortion law will eventually be repealed. “Following the referendum on abortion in May 2018, we said: “a new situation now exists in Ireland. It […]
If it is the fate of the Irish Church to die, then it will die. But it should die with its head held high for the things it believes to be eternally true. Not crawling on its belly before the whims of the moment.
This is one of those stories that functions as an almost perfect Rorschach test: If you side with Donnelly here, chances are you’re not a fan of the church and would cheer almost anything said about them. Because there is literally no other reason to indulge this nonsense: “When you’re dealing with a deadly virus, […]
After many skirmishes along the boundaries between Church and State, between traditional faith values and post-modern liberal ones, it appears the question of who should control the Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in Irish schools may be the one to finally draw a hard, new line in the sand between goverement and hierarchy. The question […]
Businessman Declan Ganley has called on the Irish Bishops to “open their churches” in defiance of lockdown after his constitutional case against the state in relation to the right to worship was delayed yet again. His case – which states that the ban on public worship is illegal under the Irish constitution – was originally […]