Dear Editor, It’s clear now that the purpose of the proposed ‘Citizens’ Assembly’, to be chosen by a polling company, is to remove the protections of the Eighth Amendment for the unborn. This unelected, unnecessary ‘assembly’ is a political fig-leaf, designed to give political cover to politicians who desire the destruction of Ireland’s constitutional protections…
Ruling elites have to understand why they have alienated so many voters, writes David Quinn
As a young boy, I longed to be a professional athlete but I had to soon accept the unwelcome fact that I simply wasn’t gifted with an athlete’s body. Speed, strength, coordination, instinct, vision… I got by in ordinary life with what I had been given of these, but I wasn’t physically robust enough to…
Dear Editor, Mary Kenny, under the heading “Why we must change this fatal phrase” (IC 14/07/2016), reminded us of the writings of George Orwell, who said whoever controls the language controls the political power. Today, she says, we are presented with the hurtful, and harmful, phrase “fatal foetal abnormality”. She rightly criticises the use of…
Online chatter about the Republican National Convention has focused less on the coronation of Donald Trump than on his wife Melania’s speech. For some, the speech was notable for its so-far unexplained nod to 1980s singer Rick Astley, with Mrs Trump declaring of her husband that: “He will never, ever, give up. And, most importantly,…
Dear Editor, Mary Kenny hits the nail on the head when praising the peaceful, legal and constitutional paths of the Liberator, Daniel O’Connell (IC 21/07/2016). Her description of the scenes of blood running on the streets and heads on pikes along the roadsides which the young O’Connell saw during the French Revolution in 1789 is…
“You know the culture is broken when adults consider ‘adult’ a compliment”, writes Chris Altieri
Dear Editor, In the face of the horrors being perpetrated by ‘terrorists’, I must ask myself, “What can I do?” Whether I am old or young, poor or rich, I have been gifted with the possibility of doing something worthwhile in my lifetime. I know what it feels like to yearn to be loved and…
Dear Editor, It was with great sadness that the Padre Pio prayer groups noted the passing this year of the late Fr Michael Duggan CSSp of Whitestown, Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford Fr Michael became involved in the early years of the formation of the Irish prayer groups and was coordinator of the Padre Pio Prayer Groups…
Dear Editor, Can I commend you on your fascinating coverage of clerical salaries in your issue of July 21? It was extraordinary to see how much variance there was across the country, but even more extraordinary to see the variance in how dioceses cooperated with your efforts. The Diocese of Elphin, which publishes its clerical…
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