The Iona Institute was very pleased to host an outstanding talk by Melanie McDonagh (pictured below) on her widely reviewed…
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The Dáil last week rejected an attempt to make Ireland’s abortion legislation even more permissive than it already is. The failed Bill went far beyond simply removing the three-day waiting period before an abortion, which is the big ask of pro-choice...
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A new curriculum for Leaving Certificate history is currently under development by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and the signs are that the course will have a strong, and left-leaning ideological bias. The draft curriculum is broken...
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Earlier this week we learnt that marriage rates in Ireland have hit a new record low. This trend is being repeated in many countries all over the world. Pope Leo XIV has now called a summit meeting on the global...
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New CSO data confirm a trend The Iona Institute first highlighted two years ago: the emergence of ‘New Age’ wedding ceremonies that take place overwhelmingly in hotels because it is so convenient. Both the wedding and the reception can happen...
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Many boys today, especially those from working-class backgrounds, are caught in a downward spiral, according to a recent report by the UK Centre for Social Justice (CSJ). They are spending more time on screens, less time with other people, less...
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Last year, Italy, my country, recorded just 355,000 births in a population of about 59 million. That corresponds to a fertility rate of 1.14 children per woman of childbearing age, one of the lowest in Europe and indeed in the...
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The lack of family-sized housing is one of the single biggest barriers to family formation in Britain according to both new academic research and a major new poll of public…
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On Saturday May 3, 2025, Maria Steen (pictured) delivered a talk called “Evangelium Vitae at 30 – Pope John Paul…
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