Abortion, aul’ fellas and democracy
Did Miriam Lord hit the nail on the head, or hit democracy where it hurts?
Abortion
Miriam Lord’s Week: Let he who is without Sim cast the first phone
Taoiseach’s cranky inner teacher comes out as he sees TDs not paying attention in class
New arguments against abortion surface in a ‘retro’ Kieran Cuddihy Liveline show
Radio: When the Liveline host revisits reliably contentious subjects, he’s not just indulging in nostalgia
What does division over abortion within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael mean for Government?
Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
Abortion services Bill has strengthened case for conscience-based voting, Tánaiste says
‘It was my expressed wish that members of my party would vote in the way they wished on this issue,’ said Simon Harris
What would scrapping the three-day wait for abortion mean for pregnant women?
Greatest effect would be for women who, for various complex reasons, seek an abortion close to the end of their first trimester
Sinn Féin Bill on abortion services passes crucial Dáil vote with help of Ministers
Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access
With abortion reform looking likely, Sinn Féin seems set to achieve rare feat
Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant
Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health to back SF Bill ending mandatory three-day abortion wait
Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’
Left-wing parties round on Sinn Féin over policy direction
Differences fracturing progressive alliance formed during Catherine Connolly’s presidential campaign
Mandatory abortion waiting periods do not create compassion, they create extra distress
Women facing fatal foetal diagnoses have almost always reflected extensively before presenting for care. These are not casual decisions
Abortion is the only healthcare service on which the law imposes a waiting period
The mandatory waiting period is an unacceptable, demeaning and patronising
We only talk about access to abortion – never the reasons why women choose it
Abortion allows society to shrug its shoulders - towards the children of unplanned pregnancies but also to systemic pressures, from the housing crisis to the cost of living
Government urged to impose sanctions on Israel in same way De Valera did on Italy in 1935
Richard Boyd Barrett introduces Bill to sanction Israel, break off ‘all economic trade, financial relations’
Dáil rejects Social Democrats abortion reform Bill
Two Government Ministers abstain while three backbenchers support move to committee stage
Here’s an answer to the question that seemed to mystify ‘pro-life’ demonstrators
Though it’s none of their business
Bill to end three-day ‘cooling off’ period for access to abortion introduced by Sinn Féin
Second Bill introduced in past month on issue after March for Life rally hit out at left-wing parties’ attempts to ‘remove safeguards’
Hundreds attend anti-abortion rally in Dublin
Public urged at March for Life rally to elect more TDs who oppose abortion
Bill introduced to abolish ‘patronising and paternalistic’ three-day abortion wait period
Social Democrats say ‘cooling off period’ lacks scientific basis
Ireland hasn’t vanished over the past 50 years – it has simply changed
Rite & Reason: If a rule were introduced that only one income could be used for a mortgage, would house prices collapse?
How a St Brigid miracle not taught at school was reclaimed by a graphic novelist
Hannah McCann: ‘Maybe graphic novels were sniffed at in the past as not really reading, but they’re an important literary device’
‘You can buy Viagra over the counter’: Bill to abolish three-day abortion wait introduced
Ruth Coppinger says 72-hour delay ‘does not apply to any other medical procedure that we have in law’
Those seeking new Irish government should seek help from Maga movement, Eddie Hobbs tells conference
US ambassador Edward Walsh among audience at IRL Forum in Co Meath on Saturday
Officials feared Irish women travelling for abortion could be prosecuted on return
In wake of X case and 1992 referendum, fresh restrictions - including injunctions on travel - caused concern
Dáil votes by narrow margin not to restore abortion Bill that ends three-day wait for termination
Legislation passed second stage in previous Dáil but TDs decided by 73 to 71 to reject Bill
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancy
Girl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permitted
Anna McPartlin: ‘The Kerry Babies case marked the moment Irish women had enough of the patriarchy’
The crimewriter on her latest novel, The Silent Ones; how TV work helps pay the bills; and her love of David Brent
Where next for the conservative right after Maria Steen’s failed presidential bid?
There seems to be little hope of her heralding a revival of social conservatism given that her political cohort isn’t even comfortable calling itself ‘conservative’
Michael McDowell: Why I didn’t nominate Maria Steen for the presidency
As a liberal, I felt Maria Steen’s election would have been a step backwards for the Ireland I believe in
Love in a Time of Politics by Katherine Zappone: Blazing a trail in court of public opinion
Was Zappone more effective as an insider than as an activist? The answer is not always clear
We need to have a conversation about babies born alive after abortion
The 2023 three year review on abortion called for guidelines to be developed on comfort care after a live birth after abortion
Leo Varadkar considers a political life at Dublin book launch
Event for Ireland’s youngest ever taoiseach attended by Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, among other politicians
‘Now is your time’: How Michael Healy-Rae led the push for a Heather Humphreys presidential run
Senior Fine Gael politicians are confident former minister for social affairs will not be beaten if country gets to know her as they do
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