Irish Voters Backing Abortion Rights by Wide Margin

GREGORY KATZ and RENATA BRITO / The Associated Press May 26, 2018 Activists proclaim victory for Irish women as voters in largely Roman Catholic Ireland appear to overwhelmingly approve repealing a 1983 constitutional ban on abortions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

An Activist Hails Law Criminalizing Purchase of Sex in Ireland

By Rachel Moran Apr 6, 2017 The new legislation also sparks a sense of mourning for women who didn’t live to benefit from it. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Why Ireland’s ‘Yes’ Vote Matters So Much

Roisin Davis / Truthdig May 27, 2015 There is much more to be done before Ireland can make wider claims to equality, but the long-time-coming sexual rights revolution is finally changing the nation’s landscape of Catholic morality. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Meet One of Ireland’s Forced Emigrants

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 27, 2014 Seamus Farrell is among the tens of thousands of young people from Ireland who came of age in the wake of the global financial crisis and left when they were unable to find work at home. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

See How the Irish Live

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 23, 2014 A looming social crisis in the Irish capital of Dublin has emerged out of a severe shortage of cheap rents, increased demand for housing and a dramatic slowdown in construction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pope Doesn’t Let Irish Bishops Resign

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2010 Two Catholic bishops in Ireland attempted to resign late last year in the midst of a scandal about widespread sexual abuse occurring in their Dublin diocese, but Pope Benedict XVI wasn't having it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope Accepts Irish Bishop’s Resignation

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI has OK'd the resignation of Bishop John Magee, an Irish clergyman who had held prominent positions within the Catholic Church for decades and whose diocese was rocked by allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy ranging from at least the mid-1990s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Irish Catholic Church Kept Child Abuse Secret

Staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2009 According to a newly released report commissioned by the Irish government, the Archdiocese of Dublin and other Catholic authorities in Ireland kept hundreds of complaints concerning the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy covered up (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cluster Bomb Treaty Steps Forward

Staff / Truthdig Dec 3, 2008 It looks like a pact to ban current cluster bomb designs will take another step forward, with more than 100 countries slated to sign the treaty in the next couple of days. However, the U.S., Russia and China -- the largest cluster bomb manufacturers -- so far have refused to sign on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Gov’t Set to Scrap Cluster Bombs

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 The U.K. is moving toward getting rid of all cluster bombs in its armory in keeping with growing international efforts to ban the bombs, which spread miniature "bomblets" and have caused many civilian deaths around the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )