David Quinn appeared on Morning Ireland, debating Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International about the introduction of a “conscience clause” protecting the freedom of conscience rights of bakers, printers, and other citizens who don’t support same-sex marriage, in the event that the referendum was passed. The debate follows the Asher’s Bakery case in Northern Ireland, in...
In the last few weeks Iona Institute representatives have been on a wide range of programmes debating the upcoming marriage referendum, the Children and Family Relationship Bill and surrogacy. David Quinn debated Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty Ireland on The Pat Kenny Show. They debated the planned change to marriage was one of the most substantive ones to...
Iona director David Quinn appeared on Matt Cooper’s The Last Word programme on Today FM. He and Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland discussed the implications of removing Ireland’s blasphemy law in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders. The questions of whether anti-hate-speech laws are the modern-day equivalent of blasphemy laws, and what constitutes “reasonable limits” on...
Iona Institute spokesperson Ben Conroy appeared on LMFM’s Michael Reade show debating same-sex marriage with Tiernan Brady of GLEN, and on Today FM’s The Last Word discussing the same issue. Conroy argued that equality was not the same thing as “sameness” and that recognising difference led to more equality, not less. He pointed out that...
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...
