Big revival of interest in religion among many young people in Northern Ireland, says new poll


There is a marked revival of interest in religion among young people in Northern Ireland, a major new poll commissioned…

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Watch the opening remarks from David Quinn at the annual Iona Institute youth conference In his opening address at the annual Iona Institute youth conference last Saturday, (you can watch the address here), David Quinn spells out the demographic facts of life to Gen...

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There is a marked revival of interest in religion among young people in Northern Ireland, a major new poll commissioned by The Iona Institute has found. This is a clear reversal of the previous continual decline by age. The youngest...

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It has been revealed that more than one hundred babies have been born alive in Ireland following abortions since the procedure was legalised in 2019. A large majority of these babies suffered from a major congenital abnormality and were generally...

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The Department of Education has published the redeveloped Primary School Curriculum. It contains five broad subject areas and they will be all rolled out in schools over the next few months. Last year, during the consultation process, the Iona Institute...

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On Tuesday. the street where the office of The Iona Institute is based had to be cordoned off by Gardai (see picture above), after a suspect package was sent to us. I opened the package, which turned out to contain a large amount of...

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In Ireland, the number of births continues to exceed deaths, but only thanks to the contribution of immigrant communities. In the first quarter of 2025, for the first time on record, more Irish nationals died than were born, a watershed...

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Madden made head of fertility industry regulator


An activist academic who has has long backed radically liberalising Ireland’s laws on surrogacy and assisted human reproduction has been appointed the chairperson of the board of the new fertility…

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Pope John Paul II’s Gospel of Life at 30 – A talk by Maria Steen

On Saturday May 3, 2025, Maria Steen (pictured) delivered a talk called “Evangelium Vitae at 30 – Pope John Paul…

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