At least 250 doctors have signed a letter addressed to the leadership of the Irish Medical Council stating that they are “gravely concerned” with recent changes to the code of ethics that governs doctors in Ireland. The recently updated 9th edition of the Medical Council’s ‘Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners’ saw the removal…
Negative coverage of the handover of land for the national maternity hospital, including the burning of nuns in effigy, was “distressing and painful”, the leader of the Religious Sisters of Charity (RSC) has said. Sr Patricia Lenihan, leader of the RSC’s since 2019 – a period of turmoil in which the sisters controversially gifted St…
Homeless people are refusing to access emergency hostel accommodation because they “feel unsafe” due to rampant drug abuse, Fr Peter McVerry has warned. Following the death of a rough sleeper in Dublin City Centre last week – identified as a man in his 40s – the founder of homelessness charity The Peter McVerry Trust said…
Paramilitary violence is “torturing” communities in the North due to “complacency” about peace, a senior Belfast youth worker has warned. It is only a “fluke” that 2023 saw no deaths through paramilitary activities, Mr Stephen Hughes added, responding to figures from the PSNI. Up until 2022, paramilitary violence “was a declining issue”, he told The…
“Exile is not freedom”, an Irish missionary has warned following the release of prominent critic of the totalitarian regime in Nicaragua Bishop Rolando Álvarez, along with 18 other clergy from prison. The news of their release was formally announced by the Vatican on Sunday. Bishop Álvarez, of the Diocese of Matagalpa, was openly critical of…
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has said that the letter submitted by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to the Sunday Independent on the Government’s policy on immigration is ‘misinformation’ and rebutted it on a number of points: Voluntary deportations The Taoiseach: “They have the right to stay here until their application is accepted…
“Human rights concerns” were on the agenda during An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar’s meeting with Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, this week according to the Department of the Taoiseach. Mr Li, China’s second most powerful man, made a two-day state visit to Ireland this week, during which time he met separately with Mr Varadkar at Farmleigh House…
Independent Senator Ronan Mullen launched a stinging criticism of the Government’s proposals to remove the terms ‘women’ and ‘mother’ from the constitution, suggesting that Government is deviating from its official programme and being guided by specific ideologies instead. “The Government now wants to remove mention of ‘woman’, ‘mother’ and ‘home’ from the Constitution,” he said.…
Three quarters of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are not registering at the point of arrival into the country, figures released by the Government show. Of the almost 9,000 migrants seeking international protection who arrived in Ireland in 2023, just 2,056 registered at airports and ports, figures released to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín revealed. The…
Pope Benedict’s theological legacy is instructive for helping Catholic schools provide “holistic education” in Ireland, an Irish attendee at a conference in Australia on Pope Benedict’s theological legacy has said. CEO of the Catholic Education Partnership, Alan Hynes told The Irish Catholic newspaper from Perth, Australia, that “our schools should be Christ-centred, pupil-focused and informed…
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