The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said it hopes the decision of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) to uphold complaints made against The Ray D’Arcy Show will “set down a marker” for the way in which abortion is dealt with by the media. The complaints related to an interview with Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty…

An Irish model has spoken of how it is becoming “increasingly difficult” to voice a Christian opinion today without experiencing a “barrage of hostility”.   Rachelle Liggett, who was a Miss Ireland finalist in 2011, said she was “afraid of laying myself bare to almost certain mocking and ridicule” but that her “silence felt like…

Former Fine Gael party member Lucinda Creighton has said it is “ironic” that the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has now said he will contemplate a free vote in the parliamentary party in future in order to “get rid” of the abortion question. Ms Creighton, who left the party during the passage of the Protection of Life…

Bishops accuse banks, politicians of instilling dread

An initiative which aimed to bring the Pope’s message of mercy to Christmas shoppers during the festive season has been praised as a resounding success.  Sixteen priests made themselves available to customers for confessions in Skycourt Shopping Centre in Co. Clare on December 8 as Pope Francis opened the extraordinary jubilee dedicated to emphasising God’s…