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# church-and-state - Friday 26 November, 2021

Opinion: 'I spent fewer than six months in a mother and baby home and I was traumatised'
# Mother And Baby Homes
# Mother And Baby Homes

Opinion: 'I spent fewer than six months in a mother and baby home and I was traumatised'

Nov 26th 2021, 7:00 AM 16,239 Views 15 Comments

Mother and baby home survivor Beth Wallace says no one can suggest those who spent fewer than six months there were not traumatised.

# church-and-state - Wednesday 13 January, 2021

'The shame was not theirs – it was ours': Full text of Taoiseach's apology to mother and baby home survivors
# Church And State
# Church And State

'The shame was not theirs – it was ours': Full text of Taoiseach's apology to mother and baby home survivors

Jan 13th 2021, 2:10 PM 13,037 Views 56 Comments

It comes following a five-year investigation by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission.

# church-and-state - Friday 24 August, 2018

'In 1969, I fell pregnant as a teen - and then the Church took over'
# Opinion
# Opinion

'In 1969, I fell pregnant as a teen - and then the Church took over'

Aug 24th 2018, 7:00 AM 52,696 Views 99 Comments

Ava Stapleton had to make a stark choice when she was a pregnant 17 year old: give up her baby or have a shotgun wedding.

# church-and-state - Friday 1 June, 2018

What's next?: Breaking religious influence over education with a Citizens Assembly model
# Church And State
# Church And State

What's next?: Breaking religious influence over education with a Citizens Assembly model

Jun 1st 2018, 7:00 AM 31,054 Views 194 Comments

If the constitution is the problem, then the models previously used such as the Constitutional Convention and the Citizens Assembly should be utilised to address the issue, writes Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.

# church-and-state - Thursday 31 August, 2017

Bishops have 'constructive' meeting with Varadkar and ministers
# Church And State
# Church And State

Bishops have 'constructive' meeting with Varadkar and ministers

Aug 31st 2017, 9:29 PM 14,202 Views 99 Comments

The agenda for the meeting included the Eighth Amendment and the possibility of a visit to Ireland by Pope Francis.

# church-and-state - Wednesday 19 July, 2017

Last call for Good Friday drinking ban as bill passes in the Seanad
# Church And State
# Church And State

Last call for Good Friday drinking ban as bill passes in the Seanad

Jul 19th 2017, 9:16 PM 25,512 Views 119 Comments

The Senator who proposed the bill said its passing marks “another progressive step in Ireland’s long journey of separation between Church and State.”

# church-and-state - Monday 10 July, 2017

Archbishop says Church stubbornly reluctant to let go of the control of schools
# Church And State
# Church And State

Archbishop says Church stubbornly reluctant to let go of the control of schools

Jul 10th 2017, 9:03 AM 19,460 Views 156 Comments

Diarmuid Martin has raised concerns about growing hostilities between the Church and State.

# church-and-state - Friday 20 July, 2012

One year on: What's happened since Enda Kenny's landmark Cloyne speech?
# Cloyne
# Cloyne

One year on: What's happened since Enda Kenny's landmark Cloyne speech?

Jul 20th 2012, 6:45 AM 4,253 Views 14 Comments

In his most significant speech to date, Enda Kenny was hugely critical of the Vatican following the publication of the Cloyne report. Today marks the first anniversary of that speech.

# church-and-state - Tuesday 15 March, 2011

Archbishop says Church can contribute to ‘younger generation’ of politics
# Church And State
# Church And State

Archbishop says Church can contribute to ‘younger generation’ of politics

Mar 15th 2011, 4:31 PM 665 Views 0 Comments

Dublin’s Archbishop Martin adds that the Celtic Tiger fooled us into thinking ‘we had attained something more sophisticated’.

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