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...
Maria Steen of The Iona Institute was on RTE’s Drivetime on Monday evening to discuss the recommendations by the Citizens’ Assembly in favour of a very wide-ranging liberalisation of our abortion laws to bring them more in line with Britain’s. Her contribution can be heard here.
Iona Institute Director, David Quinn, appeared on RTE’s Prime Time last week to debate Census figures showing a decline in the number of Irish people who consider themselves to be Catholic. He debated what this means with Una Mullally of The Irish Times. In particular they discussed whether faith schools should continue to received public...
Census 2016 data, released last week, shows that the number of people in Ireland who say they don’t belong to any given religion has risen to just under 10pc of the population (the so-called ‘nones’), while the number saying they are Catholics has dropped back to 78pc. David Quinn of The Iona Institute, and Michael...
