Maria Steen of The Iona Institute and Niall Behan of the Irish Family Planning Association debated the issue of abortion on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk yesterday. The item can be found here. (Drag the red bar at the top about two-thirds of the way along you’ll get to the debate).
According to reports in the papers, in years to come it may be possible for scientists to create babies that will literally have no biological mothers. David Quinn discussed the ethical implications of this on The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk on Friday. The item can be heard here. (Drag the bar at the top...
This week, TV3 aired a documentary called ‘Ireland’s IVF couples’. Iona director, David Quinn, was interviewed for it. He spoke about the ethical pitfalls involved in using ‘donor’ eggs or sperm in order to have children. The programme can be found here.
A new report indicates that when parents spend too much time out of the house, it may have a detrimental impact on children. Professor Patricia Casey, a patron of The Iona Institute, discussed this on The Last Word on Monday. The item can be found here and begins at 6 minutes.
At the Rose of Tralee contest last week, Sydney Rose, Brianna Parkins, called for a referendum on abortion and then appeared on Twitter wearing a ‘Repeal the 8th’ T-shirt. David Quinn of The Iona Institute appeared on the Pat Kenny Show and the Last Word on Friday to argue that light entertainment shows like the...
Breda O’Brien of The Iona Institute debates the future of faith schools and whether faith schools should be allowed to admit children of the faith of the schools first in the event of over-enrollment. The item can be found here and begins at 17 minutes and 30 seconds in.
There is a draft proposal to reduce the amount of time faith schools devote to Religious Education each week. David Quinn of The Iona Institute and Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland debated the proposal yesterday on The Pat Kenny Show. David argued that requiring faith schools to devote less time to teaching their faith is...
Fine Gael TD, Josepha Madigan, is proposing that we reduce divorce waiting times in Ireland from four years to two years. She appeared on The Last Word on Today FM to debate her proposal with Breda O’Brien of The Iona Institute. A key consideration; would reducing the waiting time increase the divorce rate, decrease it,...
Iona Institute patron, Professor Patricia Casey, appeared on the Last Word on Today FM yesterday June 22) to discuss our new report, ‘Mind the Gap: how marriage and family differ by social class’. Also discussing the report was Dr Jane Gray, lecturer in social studies at National University of Ireland, Maynooth. The item (which is...
Maria Steen (pictured) of The Iona Institute appeared on The Cutting Edge on RTE 1 last night (June 15). Maria presented her views in the 90 second ‘soapbox’ slot and what she had to say was then discussed in the studio. Studio guests, Brenda Power and George Hook, said they agreed with her. The item...
