New Iona paper looks at the rapid rise in ‘New Age’ weddings in Ireland


A NEW paper from The Iona Institute shows that last year a quarter of all weddings that took place in Ireland were…

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By Dr Angelo Bottone

On Friday, the UK House of Commons will vote on a bill by a Labour MP to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales. Some interesting opposition to it has emerged. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said a whip would...

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Persecution of Christians around the world has increased further over the past two years from already high levels, according to a new report from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), published this week in Ireland for the annual ‘Week...

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A major new study shows that unmarried individuals are much more likely to experience depression than those who are married. The study looks at seven different countries, including Ireland. Unmarried people include those who are single, divorced, separated, or widowed....

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In this week’s US election, citizens voted not only in the presidential and two congressional elections but also in numerous referendums, including several on pro-life issues. In three states, attempts to make abortion laws more liberal were rejected, while seven...

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Sweden is moving to ban marriage between close cousins. Such bans were once common, but oddly enough some have been rescinded as laws around marriage have been liberalised. However, sometimes we discover that certain prohibitions were introduced for good reasons....

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A recent study by two pro-choice academics provides interesting insights into the GPs who offer abortion services in Ireland. Those GPs, while fully in favour of abortion, nonetheless have reservations about some of what they are seeing, and in particular...

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Prisoners’ religious freedom risks being ‘suppressed’ in Mountjoy prison


A bishop has expressed alarm that the chapel in Mountjoy prison in Dublin is to be repurposed, rendering it out-of-action for 8 weeks. The chapel will be closed for remodelling…

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‘The beauty and value of tradition’; a talk by Tim Stanley

On Saturday October 5th, The Iona Institute held its annual youth conference. The theme was ‘Whatever Happened to Tradition?‘, the…

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