The proposal by the Government to force priests to break the Seal of Confession is “one of the daftest ideas to come out in recent years”, according to one of the country’s leading barristers. Mr Paul Anthony McDermott, an expert on criminal law said on RTE’s Frontline (35m 11s in) last night that the idea...
The brain structure and function of children who are placed in child care may change due to higher levels of stress, a new study has claimed. In an article published in The Biologist, a journal of the Society of Biology, Dr Aric Sigman proposes that the biological impact of day care now needs to be...
A leadership and training consultant who was fired from Cisco Systems in California because of a book he wrote opposing same-sex marriage has now been let go by Bank of America. Dr Frank Turek, who conducts training courses for a wide range of corporations told US radio station American Family Radio that he gets “”a...
A UK couple have been banned them from fostering a child by their local county council because the husband had smoked two celebratory cigars in 18 months. Clare Baker, 34, and her husband, Paul, were 10 months into the application process when they were asked if they were smokers, according to The Daily Telegraph. Although...
One of Ireland’s most influential columnists, and a long time critic of the the Catholic Church, has admitted that there is a culture of hostility in the Irish media towards religion. In an interview with the Irish Catholic, Fintan O’Toole, assistant editor for the Irish Times, said that the media’s coverage of religion was “snobbish...
The chairman of a national school being sued over the teaching of religion by parents of a former pupil at the school has described the actions of the couple as “unreasonable”. The couple, who are being assisted in their case by Senator Ivana Bacik (pictured) have claimed that the school did not exclude their child...
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter (pictured) has attempted to play down controversy over controversial legislation which could force priests to break the seal of confession by saying that the new law will not contain any reference to confession. Mr Shatter described the controversy over confession as “an entirely bogus issue” adding that he did not...
A wording for the proposed children’s rights referendum is being examined by the Attorney General, the Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) has said. Speaking yesterday to reporters at the Fine Gael think in Galway she said she expected to see substantial progress in the next few weeks, the Irish Times reported. “We will then...
A couple is taking a constitutional case against a Catholic school and the Department of Education in a bid to ensure that children of non-Catholic and non-religious parents can be properly accommodated in the education system. The couple, Alma Carey-Zuniga and Ken Kiernan, appeared on the Late Late Show on Friday night to discuss their...
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has denied a claim in the Irish Daily Mail that he was asking parents to take control of schools from the Catholic Church. The paper had claimed that Mr Quinn had called on parents to stand for election to school boards to combat the “historical legacy” of dominance by the Catholic...
