An artificial human reproduction law is the Government’s latest attack on children’s rights, writes David Quinn With almost no public – or indeed political – scrutiny, a law intended to regulate the practice of Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) is currently before the Oireachtas. It is being considered at the moment by the Health Committee.…
Suffering is the flipside of love writes David Quinn Everyone at some point in their lives has to confront the awesome reality of suffering. It may come in the form of ill health, job loss or the breakup of a marriage. These things are bad when they happen to us personally but are often…
We cannot be silent about aborting babies with disabilities, writes David Quinn The issue of Down syndrome has featured fairly prominently in the abortion debate so far and is likely to feature more prominently in the weeks to come. The reason is simple; huge numbers of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome (DS) are aborted.…
To do away with the constitutional protection for the unborn would merely heap injustice upon injustice, writes David Quinn The Kerry babies scandal happened a year after the passage of the 1983 pro-life referendum which enshrined the right of life of the unborn in the Constitution. This has to be kept in mind in…
While we can’t build walls between people, unrestricted immigration is not an answer either, writes David Quinn Globalisation refers to the free movement of both people and goods across borders. Some people are for both types of freedom while others are for either the free movement of goods or the free movement of peoples.…
The Church needs to hold to its principles and pick its battles, writes David Quinn The Churches in Ireland tend to have an extremely softly-softly attitude towards the State and the Government of the day. They rarely criticise either and when they do, it is in a very muted way. There are several reasons…
David Quinn casts his eagle eye over who was hot and who was not in the secular world In the run-up to Christmas, Pope Francis noted that out of a sense of “false respect” for non-Christians we are airbrushing Christ and Christianity from the festival. The Pope said: “In the name of a false…
Legally speaking marriage is now only a friendship pact, writes David Quinn Two male friends are to marry shortly so one can avoid paying inheritance tax when the other dies. Neither of the two men is gay and the marriage will be totally legitimate in the eyes of the law. Revenue has confirmed to…
Pro-life groups have as much right to be single-issue as any other group, writes David Quinn Something I have noticed down the years is a constant retort on the part of those who oppose the right to life for the unborn, namely: “Why aren’t you pro-lifers equally concerned about the rights of the born?”…
Declan Ganley hit public consciousness with a bang during the Lisbon Treaty referendum of June 2008. He was one of the leaders of the campaign against it and he established Libertas as his campaigning organisation. It spent a lot of money on outdoor advertising. Ganley was immediately hit with a blizzard of questions about the…