Observers say the legally required wait time for women in the Republic of Ireland to further consider abortion plans after their initial consultation is resulting in fewer abortions being carried out. Irish law has a required three-day wait time before an initial abortion consultation and the abortion procedure. For pro-life advocates, this provision is significant. Read more
An Irish Catholic counseling group is offering its services to same-sex couples. To maintain state funding, the marriage guidance group must agree to counsel same-sex couples. Same-sex marriage was legalised in Ireland in 2015. Read more
A bill that could open the way for an abortion law change is before the Republic of Ireland’s parliament. The public will be asked to vote on the bill at the end of May. Voters will be asked if they want to remove the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which provides for the equal right Read more
This week marks the centennial of the Easter Rising – the armed insurrection that would trigger nationalist Ireland’s final battle for independence from Great Britain. The first of July will mark another centennial, that of the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles in human history, in which over 3,500 Irish soldiers were Read more