Press Releases

‘Reproductive medicine’ seminar today shows how human reproduction is being commodified

Press release from The Iona Institute A company called ‘Oregon Reproductive Medicine’ is holding a seminar in Dublin today to advertise its services to people who desire to have children using donor eggs/sperm and/or surrogate mothers. What the seminar is actually highlighting is the extent to which services like this are effectively commodifying the whole...

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Tax system hugely penalises families today compared with in the past says new paper

Press release from The Iona Institute Michael Noonan and Joan Burton must honour promise to end tax individualisation The tax system “hugely and unfairly discriminates” against the family today compared with the tax system in the 1970s, The Iona Institute has said. A new paper (click here to download) from The Iona Institute called ‘Restoring Fairness and...

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Children and Family Relationships Bill against the best interests of children

Press release from The Iona Institute Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald must properly recognise the importance of the natural ties and the special status of marriage in the proposed Children and Family Relationships Bill, The Iona Institute has said in a statement today. Commenting on the release of a new version of the Bill’s General Scheme,...

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Version of Rule 68 needed to preserve ethos of denominational schools

Press release from The Iona Institute Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan must maintain the spirit of Rule 68 for national schools because it protects the identity of denominational schools, The Iona Institute has said in a statement today. According to reports, Minister O’Sullivan has said she wants to amend the rule. Rule 68 permits denominational schools...

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‘What will we tell the child at the centre of new abortion controversy in years to come?’

Press release from The Iona Institute THERE ARE many troubling aspects to the recent case where a  foreign national’s baby was delivered early by Caesarean section, Breda O’Brien of the Iona Institute said today. “There are reports that the young woman was terrified of an unspecified person, and even afraid that she might be killed,”...

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Thai Down Syndrome Case Highlights Ethical Pitfalls of Surrogate Motherhood

Press release from The Iona Institute The case of a Thai surrogate mother that has made headlines all over the world highlights the unavoidable ethical pitfalls of surrogacy, The Iona Institute has said today. The case involves a Thai woman who gave birth to twins on behalf of an Australian couple. One of the babies,...

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New report on inclusion in schools a step in the right direction

Press release from The Iona Institute A new report on how to make denominational schools more inclusive of children of other faiths and none just released by the Department of Education has been described as a “step in the right direction” by Breda O’Brien, of The Iona Institute. The report is from the Forum on...

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Unacceptable that Ireland voted against UN resolution supporting the family

Press release from The Iona Institute The action of Ireland in voting against a resolution this week at the UN supporting the family has been described as “unacceptable” by the Director of The Iona Institute, David Quinn. Ireland, along with other Western countries, voted against the resolution on the ground that it referred to ‘the...

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State must respect freedom of conscience says Bishop of Limerick

Press release from The Iona Institute The State must respect freedom of conscience, the new Bishop of Limerick, Dr Brendan Leahy, says in a talk to be delivered in Limerick tonight. The talk is being jointly hosted by The Iona Institute and The Irish Catholic. In his talk, Dr Leahy warns against “tendencies that would...

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On Father’s Day we should remember the children growing up without a father

Press release from The Iona Institute Father’s Day is this Sunday. It’s a day when we appreciate the invaluable contribution fathers up and down the country and all over the world make to their children. But an increasing number of children are growing up without the active involvement of their fathers in their lives. Irish...

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