Alcoholic intoxication is one of the biggest reasons why the Director of Public Prosecutions does not prosecute in alleged rape cases, according to a new report by the DPP’s office. The DPP’s latest report shows that in the vast majority of alleged rape cases no prosecution is mounted as there is insufficient evidence, the Irish...
Irish people are split on their view of the Catholic Church in Irish society, according to a new poll commissioned by The Iona Institute. The poll, carried out by Amarach Research, shows that 47pc currently hold an unfavourable view of the Church, but that 46pc believe Church teaching is still of benefit to society. ...
Proposals to give divorced fathers in the UK a legal right to a relationship with their children are set to be scrapped in a review of family law published yesterday. A report in the Daily Telegraph says that plans for a law to give children the right to a “meaningful relationship with both parents” are...
A prominent Scottish politician has been kicked off the board of the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in the city of Dundee because of his support for traditional marriage. The CAB in the city is in receipt of funding from the Scottish Government to fight religious discrimination. Last year, it was given £39,000 for projects to...
A clear majority of the public overestimate the number of Catholic clergy who are guilty of child abuse, according to a new poll. The most authoritative estimate to date puts the true number of accused priests at 4 percent. However, according to a poll commissioned by the Iona Institute and carried out by Amarach Research,...
Social workers who demonstrate reluctance to place vulnerable children for adoption are guilty of a “tick box mentality” according to British Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured). Speaking at the launch of a national drive to encourage more couples to consider adopting children in care, Mr Cameron called for a “culture change” in social services. Earlier...
Many US divorces may be unnecessary because most couples who divorce have average levels of happiness, and politicians can take concrete actions to significantly cut their number, according to a new report. The report, Second Chances: A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce, was compiled by former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court Leah Ward...
A Girl Scouts’ group in the US has relented and allowed a seven year old boy, who claims to be “transgender” to join its ranks. The leader of a Girl Scouts troop in the US state of Colorado initially told the boy, Bobby Montoya, that he couldn’t join on the basis that he wasn’t a...
Religious education will continue to have a central role to play in Irish schools in the future, according to the Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn (pictured). And he criticised the fact that religious faith in modern Ireland is treated with ”a level of derision and contempt that it does not deserve,” reports this...
Unmarried couples who have purchased a house together could face a huge tax bill if one of them passes away compared with a surviving spouse who would pay nothing. According to a report in The Irish Examiner, four out of five first-time buyers over the last few years have been unmarried couples. However, there are...
