Palm Sunday in Ireland
by David QuinnThe Irish police force has fined Fr. Hughes €500 for saying Mass in public, and he refuses to pay it. Continue Reading »
Quite Contrary
by C. D. C. ArmstrongMary McAleese is known to some as Ireland’s second female president, a position she held for fourteen years. She is known to others as a prominent Catholic laywoman and a critic of her Church’s teaching, a role she has assumed in the nine years since she left office. Her new memoir deals with . . . . Continue Reading »
A Big Case In a Small Land
by John William O’SullivanThe case going before Ireland’s High Court this week will be the most important in the history of the country. Continue Reading »
Freedom Isn’t Just Another Word
by John WatersPeople seem no longer to understand that freedom is not an ordinary thing; it does not occur spontaneously. Continue Reading »
Don’t Sanitize Abortion
by John WatersAlways state—and where possible, illustrate—the true nature of abortion.
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Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Burden
by John WatersThe Irish political system and media have refused to provide any form of opposition, so increasingly perturbed citizens have had to step into the breach. Continue Reading »
Irish Politics Plays Musical Chairs
by John WatersIreland is in cultural, social, and economic meltdown, and nobody seems willing to do things that might reverse this dissolution. Continue Reading »
On Behalf of Ireland’s Unborn
by John WatersThe idea that it is possible for pro-life politicians to sideline abortion in favor of “bread-and-butter issues” has no moral basis. Continue Reading »
Kilmainham Gaol
by Clinton CollisterWe stand in crooked lines outside the gate,Where my new bride and I map out our day,As gap-year Germans try to understandWhat their French friend in denim means by “hangry”.The jailers call the Germans to file pastA wall where Irish rebels hung and flailed.We spot a pub across the street and . . . . Continue Reading »
The World Will Whimper
by John DugganCatholic Ireland, as we knew it, has fallen. Continue Reading »
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