Rates of marriages and births decline as our social bond weakens, writes David Quinn. Ireland, or at least our opinion-formers, love declaring how much we have changed in recent decades and that it is almost all for the better. We are much more ‘tolerant’ now, they say, far more ‘compassionate’. We have legalised same-sex marriage.…

The government has listened to ideological campaigners instead of parents, writes David Quinn The new Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) syllabus for Junior Cycle students aged 12 to 15 in the Republic has been published by Education Minister, Norma Foley, and it is a deeply ideological piece of work that will upset many parents.…

Anyone who falls foul of present orthodoxies is at risk under new laws to prosecute people accused of undefined ‘hate’, writes David Quinn One of the most overused words in politics today is ‘hate’. When someone disagrees with you, it isn’t enough to simply say you are wrong. You must also be condemned as a…

Parents will have to fight back if gender ideology is imposed on schools, writes David Quinn A major review into how Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is taught in the country’s schools has been underway for some time now with demands that it be brought ‘up to date’. This is often code for ditching from…

In their young lives, adolescents are far more likely to have suffered the worst kind of sexual assault than much older women who have seen far more of life, writes David Quinn There is a widespread idea that as Ireland becomes more liberal, it is almost becoming a kinder, gentler place. The evidence in favour…

The president is clearly not where he should be as a Catholic, but the Pope encourages accompaniment rather than condemnation, writes David Quinn When President Joe Biden was in Ireland last week, there were no reports of him receiving Holy Communion. That meant no bishop or priest here was faced with the potentially very difficult…

The Church needs defenders who will acknowledge its sins while pointing out its many accomplishments, writes David Quinn It is gloves off time now for the critics of the Catholic Church in Ireland. They have gone from rightly attacking the leadership of the Church over their appalling failure to stop clerical sex abuse until the…

There are many sources of meaning and purpose, but without doubt religion is the pre-eminent one, writes David Quinn A new report from the United Nations (UN) reckons that people living in Ireland are the 14th happiest on the planet. The Finns are ranked at number one. The results are to be found in the…

It seems to be a big stretch to claim that the treatment of Joanne Hayes was the result of the social power of the Church writes David Quinn The so-called ‘Kerry babies’ case has been very much back in the news again thanks of the arrest and subsequent release of two people  by gardaí investigating…

Proposals seem designed to weaken the rights of parents in favour of the State, writes David Quinn We look set to have three more referendums later this year, probably in November. We have a Government that can’t get enough of them and is determined to completely recast Ireland in its image. The three come under…