Person: Jaime Hyland

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Bishops’ education blueprint — so what’s new?

VARIOUS sources in the media have given the recent bishops’ pastoral letter on the future of Catholic education a warm welcome.

EU citizen seeks to exercise right to vote

Disenfranchised Irish residents living abroad

A test of character

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Why all the fuss over a simple census question?

Census religion question must be made clearer

JASON FITZHARRIS is concerned that people should fill out census forms honestly (Irish Examiner, March 20).

Tue, 21 Mar, 2006

Wrong word

‘DISAPPOINTED’ is a word you use when your football team loses, or maybe when you don’t do as well as you expected in an exam.

Wed, 16 Nov, 2005

Is celibacy a factor in clerical child abuse?

RÓNÁN MULLEN admits there may be some relationship between celibacy “immaturely lived” and a tendency to paedophilia (Irish Examiner, October 19).

Wed, 26 Oct, 2005

THE advertising campaign by Paddy Power bookmakers uses the classic trick of offending the hair-trigger sensibilities of some of the more fragile among us in order to gain a huge amount of extra publicity for the product they’re selling.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2005

Many ex-Catholics happier without Church

RÓNÁN MULLEN (Irish Examiner, September 28) accuses the Catholic Church of failing to reach out to the people who have left it in the last few years.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2005

The facts and fears of immigration

I SHARE Rónán Mullen’s concerns (Irish Examiner, July 6) about abuses of human rights going on among certain religious minorities in Europe (though my concerns are not, as is the case with Mr Mullen, limited to the excesses of Muslims).

Fri, 15 Jul, 2005

Referendum lost to a strange alliance

THE result of the Italian referendum on in vitro fertilisation was shocking less for its result than the amazing rules under which it was run.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2005

The last prejudice

IT would seem that in our secular society the last acceptable prejudice is to scoff at Catholic beliefs.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2005

The last prejudice

IT would seem that in our secular society the last acceptable prejudice is to scoff at Catholic beliefs.

Sat, 30 Apr, 2005

Did lawyers take the place of Holy Spirit?

RESPONDING to my letter (Irish Examiner, April 23) accusing TP O’Mahony of having a brass neck for claiming the Holy Spirit made a mistake in guiding the cardinals to elect Pope Benedict XVI ...

Fri, 29 Apr, 2005

Only one mistake?

BETTY HARRINGTON (Irish Examiner letters, April 23) accuses TP O’Mahony of having a “brass neck to imply that the Holy Spirit made a mistake” in guiding the conclave of cardinals selecting the new Pope.

Tue, 26 Apr, 2005

Complex workings in deciding Schiavo case

WHEN writing on how to treat people with chronic illnesses (Opinion, March 30), Rónán Mullen seems to be searching for a simplicity that is not there.

Fri, 01 Apr, 2005

Addressing the real causes of mental pain

I WOULD like to respond to Jaime Hyland’s letter (Irish Examiner, October 25) in which my view that genetics do not play a significant role in behaviour or in ‘mental illness’ was criticised.

Mon, 01 Nov, 2004

Genetics at the root of it all

SEÁN FLEMING (Irish Examiner letters, October 7) denied that there is any scientific evidence that our genes play a significant role in our behaviour.

Mon, 25 Oct, 2004

Buttiglione not suitable for civil liberties position

RÓNÁN MULLEN outdoes himself (Irish Examiner, October 20) in his article howling about the refusal of the European Parliament to back the appointment of Rocco Buttiglione as European Commissioner for Civil Liberties and Home Affairs.

Fri, 22 Oct, 2004

Things are better since the decline of religion

I REFER to Seán de Paor’s cryptic comment on religion and the Olympics headlined ’How to get folks to turn to religion’ (Irish Examiner letters, August 27).

Tue, 07 Sep, 2004

Warm glow instead of intelligent broadcasting

I’VE just listened to RTE Radio 1’s new documentary Sixteen, in which teenagers are given an opportunity to speak for themselves about their feelings on “texting, make-up, religion, parents and friendships.”

Wed, 28 Jan, 2004

Anti-abortion harangue was deeply offensive

CA FARRELLY’S harangue (Irish Examiner letters, Jan 5) against those who disagree with him on abortion is one of the most appalling displays of intolerance that has yet appeared on the pages of your newspaper.

Wed, 14 Jan, 2004

The ultimate threat to disabled children

JAIME HYLAND (Irish Examiner letters, July 1) is wrong in his assertion that Rónán Mullen has no evidence to back his statement that parents are coming under pressure to abort children with disabilities.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2003

Christianity has no place in EU constitution

RONÁN MULLEN (Irish Examiner, June 11) assumes not only that all Irish people worth considering have an unconditionally supportive attitude towards Christianity, but that the same is true of the rest of Europe.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2003

Religion is not outside the political domain

RÓNÁN MULLEN, in his continuing rant on the perfidy of the Godless media, bemoans the lack of qualified commentators to write about religion in the Irish national dailies (The Irish Examiner, April 9).

Mon, 21 Apr, 2003

Church and State: ‘sweetheart’ days are over

RÓNÁN Mullen says (Irish Examiner, March 5) that a survey shows less support for the sweetheart deal between the religious orders and the State among 35 to 49-year-olds than in younger age groups.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2003