Teachers unions and groups working with young people have welcomed Education Minister Richard Bruton’s plans for a review of sex education in schools.

Reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on the rights of the unborn was swift and divided. Pro-choice advocates welcomed it, while anti-abortion campaigners said it was rushed and that it exposed Government “hostility” to the unborn child.

A national anti-abortion billboard campaign featuring an image of an 11-week-old foetus in the womb has been launched by the Iona Institute.

The head of Amnesty Ireland has said if the human rights organisation is breaking the law by accepting donations from foreign philanthropic organisations, then “so is the Irish Government”.

The Taoiseach is hoping a cross-party committee examining Ireland’s abortion laws will meet a December deadline on a decision after the members voted, by a majority in favour of not retaining the Eighth Amendment “in full”.

The children’s minister has threatened to enforce a fee cap on childcare providers if they abuse the affordable childcare scheme.

LATEST:A Government TD has broken ranks to call on Health Minister Simon Harris to consider buying the €300m land on which the new National Maternity Hospital will be built in a bid to end the escalating scandal.

On this day in 1997, divorce was legalised in Ireland. Jonathan deBurca Butler looks at how we’ve fared since

The Iona Institute say the flatmates of a Belfast woman given a suspended prison sentence after having an abortion are also victims.

The details of how Dublin man Tom O’Gorman was violently killed by his tenant have yet to be “fully ventilated”, an inquest has heard.

The announcement by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald that the waiting time for a couple seeking a divorce may be reduced is a further indication the Government does not take seriously its constitutional duty to guard marriage with “special care”, according to the Iona Institute.

More than 900 leading medical professionals from around the world have signed an open letter appealing for the decriminalisation of abortion.

Greater promotion of religious pluralism would make primary schools more inclusive, researchers say.

An Irish priest has said he disagrees with the comments of a high-ranking Vatican official who described last week’s marriage equality referendum result as a “defeat for humanity”.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report on their grave concerns about the welfare of the 1,600 children living in direct provision in this state is shocking.

Roscommon native Jennifer Hough looks at why her home county was the only one with a no majority in the marriage referendum — and the implications of this

The Catholic Church needs to re-examine itself and how it interacts with young people and their views, according to Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin.

Ireland is set to enshrine the right to gay marriage.

No vote campaigners “absolutely believe” the yes side has “already lost” the same-sex marriage referendum, despite “bullying, name-calling, and a shocking campaign of intimidation” by the Government and the media.

The Taoiseach said a Yes vote in Friday's same sex marriage referendum will obliterate discrimination and give gay people hope.

The Education Minister has dismissed concerns that the Church could face a legal challenge or be forced to incorporate teaching into schools if the same-sex marriage referendum passes.

Tánaiste Joan Burton says she is “nervous” about the possibility of a low turnout in next Friday’s marriage referendum — and how this might affect the yes vote.

The Iona Institute’s recent statement that two men or women would be able to marry for tax reasons after a yes vote on May 22 makes one wonder if they’re aware that a man and woman can do this already.

The Government has rejected claims that State funding for marriage preparation courses provided by the Catholic support agency Accord was withdrawn because of the church’s opposition to same-sex marriage.

A group which says people can change their sexuality through counselling and “conversion therapy” is set to hold a public meeting on the same-sex marriage referendum today, after claiming the national debate is mired in political “bias”.

The Iona Institute have released a video calling for a No Vote in the Marriage Equality Referendum.

WELL, that was some wait, wasn’t it? Nearly 900 days ago, one million people in Ireland voted in a referendum on the rights of children. This weekend, after endless delays caused by a legal challenge, the Supreme Court has decided that your decision must stand. At last.

Labour would consider taking part in a live TV same sex marriage debate with No vote campaign representatives if a station makes an offer to organise such an event.

“I intend giving this warning to everyone — you will not on this programme, you or anyone else, use the word ‘homophobia’. You will not use that word about anybody”. So said Joe Duffy on the RTÉ Liveline programme last Friday.

I SET OUT to write about Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, and about conscience and marriage, writes Fergus Finlay

THE sky cracked over Leinster House last week.

Good guy, Donal Lenihan, and a fine analyst both in print and on TV, but don’t ever ask him if you’re looking well — and if you do and he tells you you’re the picture of health, then depart rapidly in several directions, writes Enda McEvoy.

If the Iona Institute and fellow-travellers admitted they are against the passing of the pending amendment to the Constitution because their Church opposes it, I would have more respect for them. The same folk opposed civil (but not Church) divorce — claiming it would create a deluge, whereas in truth we have the lowest divorce rate in Europe.

The Consitutional clause on the Irish family should include same-sex married couples, writes Fergus Finlay.

The Children and Family Relationships Bill will be enacted whether or not the Irish people vote yes to same-sex marriage.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described as “historic” the Cabinet approval of the wording for May’s same-sex marriage referendum.

A campaign has been launched encouraging people to register for their vote ahead of next year’s referendum on civil marriage equality.

An Italian man accused of murdering his landlord in Dublin will stand trial in December 2015.

RTÉ has received a dressing down for remarks fashion designer Paul Costelloe made on air that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland found offensive to women.

RTÉ bosses have insisted they were right to pay out over the “homophobic” defamation controversy on The Saturday Night Show — despite the fact that those allegedly damaged initially only sought an apology.

Good news.

WHEN did Barack Obama cease to be homophobic? Is Enda Kenny redeemed from his homophobia? If some of the hoopla of recent days is to be taken seriously, then anybody who doesn’t favour same sex marriage can be described as homophobic.