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Amnesty rejects watchdog call to return foreign pro-abortion funds

Amnesty Ireland has refused a demand to return €137,000 donated by an American billionaire so it could campaign against Ireland’s pro-life laws. The November 17 instruction from the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) comes almost exactly a year after the ethics watchdog directed the Abortion Rights Campaign to return its grant, originally worth almost…

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‘Not in our name’ – Tuam survivors reject calls for repeal of pro-life law

Luke Silke and Greg Daly Former residents of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home have rejected what they see as attempts to use controversy surrounding the home to promote legislation permitting wider access to abortion in Ireland. One former resident, a prominent campaigner for the full story of Tuam to emerge, told The Irish Catholic that he…

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Sinn Féin out of step with ordinary people on abortion – MP

Sinn Féin’s new party line on abortion does not reflect the views of ordinary voters, the Sinn Féin MP for Mid-Ulster has said. Francie Molloy, who succeeded Martin McGuinness as MP for the area in 2013, said the policy adopted at the party’s Ard Fheis was both “progressive and hysterical”, and cautioned against the triumphalism…

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Marie Stopes bonus claims show abortion industry priorities – PLC

Claims that a major British abortion provider offered bonuses to staff who encouraged women to have abortions show that such businesses are more interested in profits than helping women, the Pro Life Campaign has said. Calling for the public to made aware of such practices before even considering a referendum on repealing Ireland’s constitutional protections…

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IHREC
 ‘hijacked’
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 abortion 
campaign

Renua has vowed to replace and reform the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), saying that they have “lost credibility” after their submission to the Oireacthas Committee on the 8th Amendment. The party said their recommendations would result in light-touch regulation and the withdrawal of the right to life of the most vulnerable in…

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Ireland’s religious culture is now in flux

There’s no doubt that the report on the Archdiocese of Dublin showing a dramatic decline in the number of priests and the number of Catholics attending Mass regularly makes for sobering reading. Over the past number of years, The Irish Catholic has published several similar statistical analyses and projections – the findings have all been…

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