Tag: Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny criticizes the Vatican for its efforts to frustrate the Cloyne inquiry, accusing it of downplaying the rape of children to protect its power and reputation.

An atheist group in the Irish Republic has defied a new blasphemy law by publishing a series of anti-religious quotations on its website. Atheist Ireland says it will fight any action taken against it in court. The quotations include the words of writers such as Mark Twain and Salman Rushdie, but also Jesus Christ, the Prophet Muhammad and Pope Benedict XVI.

A new report by investigators into the Catholic Church’s cover-up of child abuse in Dublin details “horrific acts of depravity” that went for decades without prosecution, Ireland’s justice minister said on Tuesday.

Ireland passes a law making blasphemy a crime.  Under this law, it will be a crime to criticize religion… any religion.

A fascinating new poll conducted by the Irish radio station Newstalk has found that attitudes to Catholicism have shifted significantly since the publication of the Ryan report into child abuse in Catholic-run institutions.

A report released in Ireland reveals endemic child abuse in schools and institutions run by the Roman Catholic Church

The shocking scale of sexual and physical abuse in educational institutions in Ireland run by the Catholic church was revealed today in a report describing how thousands of boys and girls were raped, abused and exploited by the religious brothers and nuns who were supposed to look after them.

Nine-year probe says child beatings, molestation, rape were endemic

The Irish Government plans to pass a new blasphemy law. Advocacy groups Atheist Ireland and Index on Censorship are opposing the Bill.