Iona Institute Director David Quinn was on Newtalk’s Moncrieff programme last week talking about surrogacy. In a long interview, Moncrieff and Quinn discussed the differences between surrogacy and gamete donation on the one hand and adoption on the other. Quinn asked Moncrieff to consider some of the unintended consequences that could come about through legislation...
Iona Institute director David Quinn was on Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show debating assisted suicide with Tom Curran, partner of the late Marie Fleming. Curran is supporting a bill sponsored by Independent TD John Halligan which would legislate for assisted suicide based on the model adopted by the US State of Oregon. He said that when...
Iona spokesperson Ben Conroy appeared on BBC Worldwide’s “Trending” programme discussing the new ‘Armagayddon’ video made by LGBT Noise. He was on both the radio show (item beings at 8:32) and in a short video podcast. Conroy was also on the World Service’s “Weekend” programme with Fergus Nicoll, discussing the same topics (not yet available).
David Quinn was interviewed on the Moncrieff show. He discussed Cardinal Sean Brady’s resignation, as well as the case of homeschooling parents jailed because they wouldn’t allow their kids to undergo a state assessment. You can listen to the interview here (item begins at 5:55).
Breda O’Brien, teacher, Irish Times columnist and Iona Institute patron, recently debated surrogacy with Deirdre Madden of UCC on RTÉ’s Today with Sean O’Rourke programme. She talked about the recent surrogacy scandals, and emphasised the fact that similar things can and have happened regardless of whether surrogacy is commercial or altruistic. Madden argued that banning surrogacy in...
Breda O’Brien participated in the Marian Finucane show’s roundup of the week’s biggest news, including the case of the suicidal migrant woman and her child, as well as the death of Albert Reynolds and his legacy. Other panellists included: Stephen O’Byrnes – Former Gov. Press Secretary & Director MKC Communications, Mary O’Rourke – Former FF Minister, Sean Duignan –Former Government...
Iona Institute Director David Quinn appeared on Radio Ulster’s The Nolan Show, discussing the latest abortion case with Goretti Horgan of Alliance for Choice.
Iona’s Breda O’Brien appeared on the Sean O’Rourke Show with Sam Coulter-Smith, Master of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, and Harry McGee of the Irish Times, discussing the case of the suicidal woman who wanted an abortion had her baby delivered by C-Section. You can listen back to the item here. She was also on BBC...
David Quinn appeared on Today FM’s The Last Word with Matt Cooper. He discussed the recent upholding by the BAI of a complaint against RTE’s Mooney programme for bias over the issue of same-sex marriage. Also in studio was GLEN’s Tiernan Brady. Item begins at 24:00 minutes into the segment (segment 2).
Breda O’Brien was on RTE’s Prime Time on Tuesday evening, debating surrogacy with Dean Hutchinson of the American for-profit company Circle Surrogacy. The item was near the beginning of the programme.
