A new poll from the Pew Forum shows that many people who say they are ‘spiritual but not religious’ are actually happy to identity with a given religion and many are regular church-goers. So what do they mean when they say they are ‘spiritual but not religious’? David Quinn was on Spirit Radio to discuss...
David Quinn was on The Pat Kenny Show last Friday to discuss the gender pay gap. Quoting data from Eurostat he said the main reason for the gap is that far more women than men work part-time and this eventually affects their hourly average earnings compared with men. You can listen to the item here....
Iona Institute director, David Quinn, was on The Pat Kenny Show last week to discuss the proposal by Education Minister, Richard Bruton, to remove the right of Catholic schools to admit Catholic children first in the event of over-enrollment. This right is being removed only from Catholic schools. The right of minority faith schools and...
Iona Institute NI spokespeople Mary Lewis and Tracy Harkin appeared on the BBC today (Friday). Mary appeared on The Nolan Show to discuss the decision to allow the NHS to fund Northern Ireland women who travel to England for abortions. Mary’s contribution can be heard here (21 minutes and 53 seconds in). Tracy appeared on...
A new opinion poll commissioned by The Iona Institute and conducted by Amarach Research found that the public are split 50/50 on whether or not we should allows pubs and restaurants to open on Good Friday, as the Government proposes. David Quinn was on Newstalk Breakfast to discuss the findings and said the Government should...
The news was announced yesterday that the Sisters of Charity are to quit their hospitals. In the process, their three hospitals will give up their Catholic ethos. David Quinn and Dr Peter Boylan discussed the implications of this on The Last Word. David made the point that, with or without the Catholic Church, Irish people...
David Quinn and Ruth Coppinger TD appeared on The Pat Kenny Show to debate denominational education. David argued strongly in favour of parental choice and said that the State must follow the wishes of parents for their children. The debate can be heard here. A clip of David can be heard here.
The Iona Institute’s Maria Steen, and Socialist TD, Ruth Coppinger, debated Deputy Coppinger’s new education bill on Prime Time on Tuesday night. The Coppinger bill would effectively destroy denominational education in Ireland. You can watch the debate here. It is preceded by a four minute report.
Maria Steen of The Iona Institute appeared on RTE’s The Cutting Edge last night. Among the topics debated was the Citizens’ Assembly. In this segment she debated the abortion issue with comedian, Tommy Tiernan. To watch the show, click here.
David Quinn was on High Noon on Newstalk yesterday to discuss the row over the fact that the Sisters of Charity will own (though not control) the proposed new national maternity hospital. He said he believed it would be better for them not to own it, but he also said that every hospital, Catholic or...
