Irish Supreme Court clears the way for May referendum on abortion
Source: Reuters DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for an abortion referendum planned for the end of May, ruling that the unborn do not have […]
Irish abortion referendum: Debate rages after vote announced
Source: BBC News The Republic of Ireland’s decision to hold a referendum in May on whether to reform the country’s near-total ban on abortion has triggered strong reaction. Voters will be asked whether they want to keep the constitutional restrictions or scrap them, allowing MPs to legislate on the sensitive […]
Ireland ends nearly century-old ban on alcohol sales on Good Friday
Source: Reuters DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s parliament agreed on Thursday to end the state’s prohibition of alcohol sales on the Christian holiday of Good Friday, saying society had changed significantly […]
Majority in Ireland ‘would vote in favour of relaxing abortion laws’
Source: The Guardian By Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent A clear majority of Irish people would vote in favour of liberalising abortion laws and allowing terminations on request up to 12 weeks, […]
religious odyssey: Gallus and the Irish monks: grandfathers of European culture?
By Domhnall O’Sullivan This content was published on January 14, 2018 11:00 AMJan 14, 2018 – 11:00 A section of the cathedral’s dome showing Gallus taming a […]
Ireland: Muslim on welfare pleads guilty to funding the Islamic State
JAN 12, 2018 11:20 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER3 COMMENTS Non-Muslims paying for the upkeep of Muslims is a Qur’anic dictate: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they […]
How Ireland Moved to the Left: ‘The Demise of the Church’
Source: The New York Times By LIAM STACK DEC. 2, 2017 Photo A vigil in Dublin in October commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of Savita Halappanavar, who died after she […]
THE LOST CHILDREN OF TUAM
Source: The New York Times By DAN BARRY TUAM, Ireland Behold a child. A slight girl all of 6, she leaves the modest family farm, where the father minds the livestock […]
Thousands Rally in Dublin Against Ireland’s Abortion Ban
Source: The New York Times By MEGAN SPECIA Thousands of people marched in Dublin on Saturday to demand an end to the country’s constitutional ban on abortion, one of the strictest […]
GIRLS POWER: U.S. Team Claims Aga Khan Trophy In Big Win In FEI Nations Cup At Dublin
By: Edited Press Release Dublin, Ireland—Aug. 11 Team USA secured a definitive victory in the eighth and last leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 1 League in Dublin today when producing the only 0 score in a hard-fought competition. On level pegging with the Irish at the […]
Atheist Ireland: Attack on our Ahmadi Muslim friends in Galway was immoral & senseless
Source: https://atheist.ie/2017/06/attack-ahmadi-muslim-galway/ | ATHEIST IRELAND The attack on our friends in the Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Galway yesterday evening was both immoral and senseless. It was immoral because it was an attack on innocent people, and on the principle of freedom of religion and belief. And it was senseless because the […]
Irish Atheists, Evangelicals & Ahmadiyya Muslims jointly challenge Pakistan human rights abuses at United Nations
Source: https://atheist.ie/2017/06/pakistan-united-nations/ For the first time ever, Irish Atheists, Evangelicals and Ahmadiyya Muslims are jointly challenging human rights abuses in Pakistan at the United Nations. Yesterday we made a written submission to the UN, which is now on the UN website, and in July we will be addressing the UN Human […]
Ireland: Recently Vandalized Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque [Masjid Maryam] in Galway to host an open day today
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/ireland-should-not-be-complacent-about-radicalisation-1.3112909 The Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque which was damaged in a stoning incident during Ramadan prayers earlier this week is hosting an open day at the Masjid Maryam in Ballybrit on Saturday from 3pm to 6pm. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland president Dr M Anwar Malik said that Muslims and non-Muslims are […]
Ireland: Galway stands with Ahmadiyya Muslim community against Islamophobic attack
Source: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/93036/galway-stands-with-ahmadiyya-community-against-islamophobic-attack Public stands firm with Muslim community as attacks condemned as ‘cowardly’ and ‘dreadful’ The emergence of racist and neo-Nazi graffiti in Galway has been linked with vandalism on the city’s main mosque this week. However the public has stood firm with the Muslim community against any form of Islamophobia, […]
Ireland: Politicians & Christian leaders express outrage & condemn attack on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque in Galway
Source: http://connachttribune.ie/outrage-following-attack-mosque-523/ Outrage following attack on Mosque Politicians and churches condemn ‘loutish’ attack on mosque Politicians and Christian leaders in Galway have expressed outrage at the attack on a mosque in the city on Monday. Windows at the Ballybane place of worship for Galway’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community were smashed while people […]
Ireland: Galway’s Ahamdi Muslim group ‘heartened’ by support after mosque damaged
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/galway-muslim-group-heartened-by-support-after-mosque-damaged-1.3109818 The imam of a Galway mosque which was attacked during Ramadan prayers on Monday night said its members were heartened by the wider community’s response to the incident. Rocks were thrown through windows at the Masjid Maryam (Mosque of Mary) in Ballybrit, which is used by the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Ireland: Ahmadiyya Muslim community’s Galway mosque vandalised while worshippers inside
Source: https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2017/0606/880552-galway-mosque-attack/ A mosque in Galway city was vandalised last night while people were inside praying. Members of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim community were gathered for prayers at the Mosque on Old Monivea Road, when a rock was thrown at windows close to the entrance. The incident happened shortly after 11pm […]
Outrage following attack on Ahmadiyya Mosque
Source: Connacht Tribune Politicians and Christian leaders in Galway have expressed outrage at the attack on a mosque in the city on Monday. Windows at the Ballybane place of worship for Galway’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community were smashed while people were at prayer. The greater Galway community immediately rallied around in […]
Ahmadiyya Mosque can again be attacked:
Source: Irishcentral.com Close to 100 members of the Galway Masjid Maryam mosque were left terrified after rocks were thrown through the windows, during prayer on Monday evening.Imam Ibrahim Ahmad Noonan says the building was vandalized, during Ramadan, as revenge for the London Islamic State attack on Saturday. The attack on […]
Galway Muslim group ‘heartened’ by support after mosque damaged
‘We have had small incidents with kids who were just being naughty, but nothing like this’ Lorna Siggins Imam Ibrahim Noonan outside the Maryam Mosque on the old Monivea Road […]
