"The church for its part must find a voice that assertively stands up to those who would do it down while at the same time acknowledging that Ireland is now a diverse country."
Diagnosed with terminal cancer following a cervical smear test error in 2011, she would never advocate for euthanasia but said that people deserved to choose how they to die.
Speaker Rachel Ní Faoláin told the rally that Irish society had descended into a "dictatorship, a totalitarian dystopia" since the outbreak of the pandemic last year.
Every year the world loses an area of tropical forest the size of Costa Rica. Over one million plant and animal species face extinction in the near term. It is difficult even to imagine the awful extent of the ongoing destruction.
If you remember The Troubles then you already know the face of Gerry Adams. The president of Sinn Fein between 1983 and 2018, he also served as a TD for Louth from 2011 to 2020.
US President Joe Biden has also announced that the US will restrict entry to travelers from eight different southern African countries over concerns about the new COVID-19 variant.
"The government and NPHET... are creating their policies on the backs of envelopes and then labeling it as science. It is completely pathetic, delusional, highly damaging and dangerous.”
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney says he "deeply regrets" Ethiopia's decision and has accused Ethiopia of deciding to "target Ireland."
Ireland's newest bank holiday will likely be dedicated to Saint Brigid, the country's first female patron saint, whose feast day is celebrated on February 1.
Tyrone's All Ireland-winning captain Padraig Hampsey is among the 12,000 Ulster Gaels to sign a letter addressed to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, which also calls on him to establish a citizen's assembly.
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar is hopeful that Ireland will not have to impose further COVID restrictions ahead of Christmas, and is encouraging more vaccination.
Social Democrats co-leader and four co-litigants argued that "in the presence of Almighty God" should be removed from the presidential oath set out in the Irish Constitution.
Irish man Graham Dwyer is appealing his 2015 murder conviction on the grounds that data gathered from his phone should not have been used during his murder trial.
Congressman Richie Neal said at an event in Springfield, Massachusetts honoring the 1981 hunger strikers that children will see a united Ireland in their lifetime.
Whether resumed Brexit talks between the UK and EU this week will lead, finally, to a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland Protocol remains to be seen.
