Ireland pushing to free citizen held by ICE in Texas – POLITICO

…Culleton appeared live on air on Ireland's RTÉ radio to describe conditions of overcrowding, filth, disease, hunger and violence — and a personal fear, now set aside, that speaking out might make matters even worse for him…

https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-pushing-to-free-citizen-held-by-ice/ 

 

Irish LEADER sends BRUTAL MESSAGE TO TRUMP after train wreck speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7vQU4G-blY

 

False prophets are peddling conspiracy theories about Ireland’s history. Here’s the truth

From Russell Brand to Steve Bannon, pundits are distorting our past oppression – when it should be a source of solidarity with refugees…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/ireland-conspiracy-theories-russell-brand-steve-bannon

Irish professor says Saints once did abortions – it was a lesser sin than oral sex

…If she has an abortion, she is to fast on bread and water for six months and refrain from wine and meat for two years. "But if she bears a child and her sin is manifest, (she shall do penance) for six years…"

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/saints-once-did-abortions-it-was-a-lesser-sin-than-oral-sex-1.3466881

Ireland is repeating its mother and baby home scandal with its asylum system

"...The hard truth is that the past century of Irish history has a through line of cruelty and callousness against the innocent, the poor, the marginalised and the pregnant, perpetrated by a state and its agencies and tolerated by a society infected with a stifling, craven Catholicism that brooked no compromise..."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/26/ireland-mother-and-baby-home-scandal-asylum-system

Report to reveal scale of abuse at Ireland's mother and baby homes

...It estimates 9,000 children died in 18 institutions between 1922 and 1998 when the last such home closed, according to a leak published in the Sunday Independent. The infant mortality rate is said to have been double the national rate, underlining the impact of neglect, malnutrition and disease...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/12/report-scale-abuse-ireland-mother-baby-homes

16x9 - Slave Labour: Magdalene Laundries disgraced Irish Catholic women

For almost 150 years thousands of women in Ireland were sent to live in Catholic institutions, punished for crimes like having a child out of wedlock or petty theft, and forced to work in laundries run by the Church. But this dark past is not Ireland's alone. In a 16x9 exclusive, we discover Canadian laundries and speak to a woman who says she was born into slave labour.
https://youtu.be/hD9uffgeg7

How the Catholic Church Hid Away Hundreds of Irish Children | Times Docu...

Ireland wanted to forget, but the dead don't always stay buried. One woman made it her mission to unearth the truth.

https://youtu.be/XoulaehrD_I

Irish Send Money to Native American Community Hit By COVID-19, Returning Historic Favor | Time

A Native American community severely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak has received an outpour of donations from Irish people, who are returning a historic favor from 173 years ago. In 1847, the Native American Choctaw nation sent $170 ($5000 today) of relief aid to the Irish people impacted by the great potato famine. Now, the Irish are reciprocating the act of goodwill by donating funds to the Navajo nation, which has been severely impacted by COVID-19, with at least 2373 cases and 73 death as of May 3. ....
https://time.com/5832146/irish-send-money-native-american/

Pence's disastrous trip abroad sparks wit in response - CNN: Opinion

Vice President Mike Pence took Trumpism on a road trip and Michael D'Antonio says it seems the president wanted to make sure that everywhere Pence went overseas, locals would understand just how divisive America's top leaders have become.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/06/opinions/mike-pence-ireland-trip-response-dantonio/index.html

Pence's stay at Trump's Irish hotel shows corruption has become routine

The president’s violations of the constitution’s emoluments clause prove the existing guardrails are no longer adequate....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/05/trump-emoluments-corruption-mike-pence-hotel

Mike Pence Wants To Celebrate His Roots In Ireland And People Aren't Happy - HuffPost

Vice President Mike Pence faced calls to cancel his upcoming visit to Ireland after he confirmed the official trip on Twitter Thursday. Pence tweeted that he plans to celebrate his Irish roots during the two-day stay (Sept. 6 and 7) in the Emerald Isle with second lady Karen Pence, after trips to Iceland and England.....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-ireland-visit-reaction_n_5d566ea7e4b0eb875f21f951

Trump thinks climate change is fake news — except at his golf course - Vox

"I don't believe it," Trump says, but his business dealings indicate otherwise. ....
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/27/18114338/trump-climate-change-assessment-golf-course-ireland

Blasphemy law is repealed in Ireland, enforced in Pakistan – and a problem in many Christian and Muslim countries - The Conversation US

There has been outrage over the release of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. An expert explains how blasphemy laws are hardly obsolete throughout the West. ....
https://theconversation.com/blasphemy-law-is-repealed-in-ireland-enforced-in-pakistan-and-a-problem-in-many-christian-and-muslim-countries-106487

Blasphemy laws are being repackaged around the world as prohibitions on 'hate speech.' Don't buy it - Los Angeles Times

Voters in Ireland last week removed the crime of blasphemy from that country’s constitution, a change that the minister of justice hailed as “another reflection of the strong public support for a modern, liberal constitution.”....
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-blasphemy-laws-20181101-story.html

Newly released letters to Ireland’s prime minister show the depth of hostility to Trump - The Washington Post

Newly released letters to Ireland's prime minister show the depth of hostility to Trump in a country where American presidents have always been welcomed. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/30/all-that-is-holy-please-do-not-let-trump-into-ireland/

Ireland, worried about peace process, considers recognition of a Palestinian state - The Washington Post

"Who knows what the U.S. will propose?" Simon Coveney said of the promised Trump administration Middle East peace plan.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/28/ireland-worried-about-peace-process-considers-recognition-palestinian-state/

Pope Francis Couldn’t Even Give Away Free Tickets to the Papal Mass in Ireland | Hemant Mehta

Last month, when organizers were working on plans for Pope Francis‘ visit to Ireland, there was a protest movement to snatch up tickets to his largest scheduled event in Dublin’s Phoenix Park… then not show up. The organizers of Say Nope to the Pope wanted him to speak to empty seats representing people disgusted by the actions of the Catholic Church. That protest may have been a failure… but not because people snatched up tickets and actually went. Rather, most people didn’t bother getting tickets at all....

http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/08/26/pope-francis-couldnt-even-give-away-free-tickets-to-the-papal-mass-in-ireland/

Ireland is challenging the Catholic Church to repeal a baptism law - Axios

Ireland is taking on another battle with the Catholic church after the country voted to repeal a long-standing abortion law last week. The New York Times reports that Ireland is seeking to end "a provision that gives preference in most of the country's elementary schools to children who have been baptized." ....
https://www.axios.com/ireland-seeks-to-repeal-school-baptism-law-b249e7ef-2f1f-43ba-a47d-b911cb3ee05f.html

An abortion at the age of 23 gave me freedom - the guardian

During the Irish referendum, there was a lot of talk about abortion in extreme cases, but some – like mine – are banal but necessary ....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/02/an-abortion-at-the-age-of-23-gave-me-freedom