Browsing Tag
Church and state
9 posts
Review: Ann, directed by Ciaran Creagh
Reviewed by Isidora Duran Stewart This week marks five years since the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment…
Clamouring demand grows to…Separate Church & State
By Cillian Gillespie The eighth amendment, passed in September 1983, symbolised everything that is insidious and rotten in…
The 8th Repealed- How Yes was won
By Socialist Party reporters The referendum to scrap the ban on abortion was easily passed with 66.4% to…
Women, the Church & the Irish State: A history of misogyny & repression
By Aislinn O’ Keeffe The power of the Catholic Church in Ireland was cemented even before the founding…
Why sex education needs to be overhauled
By Grace Gageby The #MeToo movement has gained traction internationally against a backdrop of a growing revolt against…
Tuam scandal: Church’s regime of horror exposed
By Fiona O’Loughlin When the full scale of the Tuam (grotesquely misnamed ‘Mother and Baby Home’) scandal was…
Pride 2016: Solidarity against homophobia and transphobia
Text of Socialist Party Pride 2016 leaflet
Repealing the 8th & Women’s Emancipation today
In the last number of years there has been a significant shift in the attitudes of people in…
Criminal justice system & “rape culture”
Victim blaming in the criminal justice system
