At the Rose of Tralee contest last week, Sydney Rose, Brianna Parkins, called for a referendum on abortion and then appeared on Twitter wearing a ‘Repeal the 8th’ T-shirt. David Quinn of The Iona Institute appeared on the Pat Kenny Show and the Last Word on Friday to argue that light entertainment shows like the...
Breda O’Brien of The Iona Institute debates the future of faith schools and whether faith schools should be allowed to admit children of the faith of the schools first in the event of over-enrollment. The item can be found here and begins at 17 minutes and 30 seconds in.
There is a draft proposal to reduce the amount of time faith schools devote to Religious Education each week. David Quinn of The Iona Institute and Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland debated the proposal yesterday on The Pat Kenny Show. David argued that requiring faith schools to devote less time to teaching their faith is...
Fine Gael TD, Josepha Madigan, is proposing that we reduce divorce waiting times in Ireland from four years to two years. She appeared on The Last Word on Today FM to debate her proposal with Breda O’Brien of The Iona Institute. A key consideration; would reducing the waiting time increase the divorce rate, decrease it,...
Iona Institute patron, Professor Patricia Casey, appeared on the Last Word on Today FM yesterday June 22) to discuss our new report, ‘Mind the Gap: how marriage and family differ by social class’. Also discussing the report was Dr Jane Gray, lecturer in social studies at National University of Ireland, Maynooth. The item (which is...
Maria Steen (pictured) of The Iona Institute appeared on The Cutting Edge on RTE 1 last night (June 15). Maria presented her views in the 90 second ‘soapbox’ slot and what she had to say was then discussed in the studio. Studio guests, Brenda Power and George Hook, said they agreed with her. The item...
The issue of the ‘right to die’ has resurfaced in Ireland after ‘right to die’ campaigner, Tom Curran, admitted he has helped some 200 people to plan their suicides. David Quinn of The Iona Institute, and Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland, debated on The Pat Kenny Show today (June 15) whether such a right exists....
Iona Institute spokesperson and Irish Times columnist, Breda O’Brien, appeared on Tonight with Vincent Browne last Thursday (June 9) to debate the future of denominational education, among other issues. The discussion was prompted by an announcement from Education Minister, Richard Bruton, that divesting of some Catholic schools is to be fast-tracked. The programme can be found...
Dr Tom Finegan, Research and Policy Officer with The Iona Institute was on the Lunchtime programme on Newstalk yesterday (June 9) to discuss the finding by the UN Human Rights Committee that Ireland’s law against abortion is ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’. He was preceded by Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International, Ireland. Tom argued that this finding...
This week, new Education Minister, Richard Bruton, announced plans to speed up divestment of some Catholic schools so as to allow a wider choice of schools to parents. David Quinn of The Iona Institute and Paddy Monahan of Educate Equality debated the new proposals on The Right Hook on Monday. The debate can be heard here....
