Maria Steen, of the Iona Institute, spoke to Pat Kenny about the draft abortion legislation presented to the Cabinet by Minister for Health, Simon Harris, and also about Simon Coveney’s recent volte-face on this topic. Pat Kenny defended staunchly the Government position. The item can be listened here.
Education Minister, Richard Bruton, has announced a revision of the Relationships and Sexuality Education programme for schools. Roe McDermott of The Irish Times, and David Quinn of The Iona Institute, discussed the proposal. You can watch it here.
David Quinn was on RTE’s ‘This Week’ on Sunday to discuss Ireland’s proposed surrogacy law. The proposed law will outlaw commercial surrogacy but permit non-commercial surrogacy for which ‘reasonable expenses’ will be paid. Irish people will still be able to avail of commercial surrogacy abroad. David argued that surrogacy in all forms commodifies children and...
Following the Dail debate last week on the issue of abortion, Maria Steen of The Iona Institute appeared on Prime Time where she debated Labour’s Senator Ivana Bacik. The item can be watch here. Maria was also on Today with Sean O’Rourke where she debated Senator Catherine Noone, Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment. It is here. Senator...
Maria Steen, of the Iona Institute, talked to Sarah McInerney on Newstalk Breakfast about Minister Bruton’s plans to forcibly amend the admissions policies of some faith-based schools, namely, removing the so-called ‘baptism barrier’ to Catholic Schools. The item can be found here.
Maria Steen, of the Iona Institute, appeared together with Senator Ronan Mullen on Today with Sean O’Rourke on 15th December to debate the radical and far-reaching proposals of the Oireachtas abortion committee. Also on the panel were Fine Gael TD, Bernard Durkan and journalist, Alison O’Connor. The item can be found here. David Quinn, director of...
Iona Institute Director, David Quinn, has been on a number of programmes lately discussing his new book ‘How we killed God (and other tales of modern Ireland’) which looks back at almost 25 years of tumultuous social and religious change in Ireland. A central theme of his book is that ‘Official Ireland’ has set out...
Iona Institute Director, David Quinn, was on the Tonight Show on TV3 last Thursday night to discuss the current state of the abortion debate. Also on the panel were former Fine Gael Senator, Fidelma Healy Eames, Fine Gael TD, Kate O’Connell, and Amnesty Ireland’s Colm O’Gorman. The show can be found here.
Maria Steen of The Iona Institute appeared on the Pat Kenny show on the 11th October. She and the panel discussed how the recent budget has impacted childcare. You can watch the show here.
RTE’s Prime Time has been assessing the last 25 years of Irish life, including the social debates around issues like marriage, abortion and the Catholic Church. David Quinn took part in a panel discussion last week to discuss these matters. David challenged that idea that Ireland has become an unambiguously more compassionate place as a result...
