eighth amendment

This week, Sabina Higgins had an opinion (*gasp*), Azealia Banks was awful, and the Eurovision semi finals graced our televisions, which meant it was pretty much the greatest week in the world ever. Twitter also talked domestic violence and…

This week, St Patrick's Day happened and lots of people got very excited. Most of those people did not venture anywhere near Dublin city on St Patrick's Day. The week that was also saw magician Paul Daniels pass away, Enda Kenny being…

Last week, the general election happened. In a shocking twist of events, lots of people voted Fianna Fail, giving them the second highest number of seats after Fine Gael. In a not so shocking twist of events, Labour lost a vast amount of…

A man is on life support this evening at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, where, despite the complete loss of brain stem function, doctors have detected viable sperm in his left testicle and, as the potential for human life is still present,…

How many of us have ever read our Constitution? How many of us have had ten minutes to kill to sit down and actually see what it says? One might be curious when there are so many issues facing modern Ireland where we hear constitutional…

“I am pro-life. With the exception of a doctor’s determination that the mother’s life would end if the pregnancy continued. I believe that no matter what mistakes we make as a society, we cannot condone ending another life.” “As a country…

The Dáil is set to dissolve next week ahead of this years' general election. While we don't know for sure exactly when #GE16 will take place, right now it's looking pretty likely to be February 26th. But what we do know for sure are some of…

A lot of people think that the fight for gender equality is unnecessary. Others think that certain human rights should be reserved only for men. Some people even think that supporting women in the struggle for full body autonomy is a futile…

For a number of years now, polls on Irish attitudes to abortion have shown a considerable shift away from a previous hard line stance towards a more tolerant and practical approach. A recent poll reflected that 64% of farmers - a…

It’s a few years since anyone was burnt at the stake in Ireland. There was that poor woman who haunts half the properties in Kilkenny, but since she went up in flames, you’re not really supposed to do witch hunts anymore. We’re much more…