Plunging marriage and birth rates show Ireland is now on the wrong course in very important ways, a new paper…
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There was good news from Scotland last week when the Scottish parliament voted by 69 votes to 57 to reject a Bill to legalise assisted suicide. This was not expected when the Bill first reared its head and especially as...
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Having taken part in a fair few of them myself, I am generally drawn to debates between theists and atheists about whether there is a God, or whether we need a God, or whether religion does more harm than good....
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The other night RTE once again aired its documentary about the Housewife of the Year competition, which was a rather quaint, twee contest that ran from 1967 until 1995. But it was also extremely popular for many years and was...
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The Department of Education asked all interested parties to make submissions to a new ‘National Conversation on Education’ launched recently. The ‘conservation’ is described by the Department of Education as a “once in a generation opportunity for children, young people,...
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Why are fertility rates falling so fast in so much of the world at the same time? This is the huge question considered in an extremely important new paper by academics Melissa Kearney and Phillip Levine. Perhaps the main cause is...
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In Canada in 2024, an astonishing total of 16,499 people died by euthanasia, according to the latest official report. It means the number dying in this way has trebled in just five years. Under Canada’s very liberal ‘assisted dying’ law, a...
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The European Commission has appointed Mairead McGuiness, as the new EU Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion outside the EU. The appointment has been welcomed by advocates,…
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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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