Easy access to online porn is making teenage relationships more abusive, according to one of the leading law officials in the UK. Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, said that the “exposure of young people to all sorts of material” was a serious cause for concern. And he said that the easy access to...
Taoiseach Enda Kenny (pictured) believes that the issue of same-sex marriage should be left to the Government’s Constitutional Convention. In response to questions on the issue, Mr Kenny’s spokesman said that the Taoiseach believed the issue was best left to be discussed at the Convention. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Mr Kenny...
Religious traditions, including circumcision, continue to be protected in Germany, despite a court ruling last week, according to the German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle. Speaking on Sunday in the wake of a decision by a court in Cologne, which held that circumcision amounted to bodily harm, Mr Westerwelle moved to offer reassurances after furious protests...
A Conservative MP who supports same-sex marriage has said he wants Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured) to shelve the idea because it is alienating the party’s core voters. David Mowat says a former chairman of his constituency association has resigned from the party over the proposal, the Liverpool Daily Post reports. The Conservative Party, Mr...
A speech by Eamon Gilmore (pictured) calling for the removal of faith from politics has been described as, “an attack on religious freedom,” by the Iona Institute. The speech, made on Sunday to Labour’s Tom Johnson Summer School, suggested that, “the separation of Church and state,” means that the Government is obliged to legislate for same-sex...
Five million “test tube babies” have now been born around the world, according to research presented at a conference of fertility experts. But two leading experts in the field have warned that the fertility treatment must be used with care. The first test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in the UK in July 1978. Her mother...
Prime Minister David Cameron’s (pictured) favoured model for blocking internet pornography in the UK does not go far enough to protect children, charities have warned. The UK Government yesterday launched a consultation on a possible change in the law to give parents more control over the material their children are viewing online. It follows growing...
Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, one of Ireland’s largest Catholic teacher-training colleges says it is “unreservedly committed to catering for students from all faith traditions and none”. The statement comes in its submission to a review of teacher education. It comes after accusations last year, made by the Teaching Council, the professional body for teachers,...
New guidelines published yesterday by Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) are to put the emphasis on modesty when it comes to kid’s clothing. The new voluntary guidelines, drawn up by Retail Ireland, outline what kind of clothing can be acceptably marketed for children, particularly girls, under the age of 12, the Irish Times reports....
Jewish and Muslim groups in Germany have expressed outrage over a court ruling delivered on Wednesday that deemed circumcision equivalent to grievous bodily harm. The groups said the ruling infringed on religious freedom and could lead to “circumcision tourism”. A Colonge city court ruled that circumcision violated a child’s “fundamental right to bodily integrity” and...
