On Friday, May 24th, the Irish people voted overwhelmingly to remove the legal protection for the unborn that was written into their Constitution in 1983. Today, we attempt to deconstruct that vote and figure out what happened to one of …
Tag: Referendum
Ireland Chooses Death
Editor’s note: it is not our usual policy to print an entire press release in full, but rarely have we seen one so expertly hit the mark. Our thanks to the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts and their executive director …
Will Ireland Soon Be Lamenting Her Children?
The gaelic word Caoineadh — which translates as “Lament” — is a tradition as old as time amongst the Irish people. My first exposure to the concept came from the great traditional Irish singer Iarla O’Lionaird, whom my friends somehow convinced …