A new briefing note from The Iona Institute has found that over the past 10 years, the number of baptisms…
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Two stark warnings were issued this week concerning Ireland’s coming demographic crunch. One came from Tanaiste and Finance Minister, Simon Harris, and the other from Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI). Notably, neither seemed to have any solution to what is on...
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Sinn Féin currently has a bill before the Dáil aimed at removing the three days a woman must wait before obtaining an abortion. If you recall, this was a ‘sweetener’ offered to voters in the abortion referendum of 2018 to induce...
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In some excellent news, the House of Commons has today voted against a new attempt to legalise assisted suicide. This is a huge victory for right-to-life campaigners, and interestingly lots of Labour MPs, who ardently believe in a ‘right’ to...
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The Catholic Education Partnership has told the UN that Ireland is discriminating against Catholic schools by forbidding them from admitting Catholic children first if a school is overenrolled. Other faith schools are allowed to favour children from their own religion...
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The stereotype suggests the housewives are an unhappy bunch. Think of the old hit TV series, ‘Desperate Housewives’. But a new study paints a different picture. Stay-at-home mothers are less likely to suffer from depression or suicidal thoughts, and their...
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Last week The Iona Institute published a widely covered briefing note called ‘Baptism Trends in Ireland’. What grabbed the headlines was the dramatic finding that the number of Catholic baptisms has fallen by 30pc in the last ten years. But...
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Ireland is running out of time to prepare for an ageing population, according to Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI). The body has written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin calling on the Government…
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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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