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Ireland has voted to change its constitution in what represents the culmination of a decades-long struggle to liberalize one of the strictest abortion regimes in the western world. The Eight Amendment to the Irish Constitution severely restricted access to abortion … Continue reading Ireland Changes Constitution in Abortion Referendum
The crash of the property market in Ireland in 2008-9 and the subsequent collapse of the banking sector wreaked absolute havoc. Ireland was lumbered with debts for a generation by the EU/ECB/IMF who brokered a deal to keep the ATM … Continue reading Vulture Funds Controversy is a Legacy of the Crash
Opinion: The never-ending mess that poses as the Irish Health Care System achieved yet another unwanted milestone recently as it was revealed that the 667 patients who were waiting on hospital trolleys for full admission to hospital is the largest … Continue reading Crisis in Irish Hospitals is a National Disgrace
‘Ireland respects the constitutional and territorial integrity of Spain and we do not accept or recognize the Catalan Unilateral Declaration of Independence.‘ (Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney) The declaration of independence by Catalonia, the north-eastern region of Spain, has … Continue reading Catalonia Rebellion Echoes Irish Fight For Indpendence
The railway station used in the iconic 1952 movie ‘The Quiet Man’, starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, is under threat and may collapse. Castletown Station, as seen in ‘The Quiet Man’ Following on from the news that the pub … Continue reading Quiet Man Railway Station Could Collapse
The row that has erupted about the development of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) takes the Irish appetite for scandal to new depths. The Religious Orders in Ireland are currently in a sense of heightened vigilance to criticism. They … Continue reading Opinion: National Maternity Hospital Debacle Beggars Belief
The redress scheme to compensate victims of clerical abuse that have been identified on foot of the Ryan Commission has so far cost over 1.5 Billion Euro. Of that amount some 6% has been contributed by the religious orders, despite … Continue reading Pressure Mounts on Catholic Church to Compensate its Victims