Place: Ballymacarbry Co

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

We should break the link between church and state

THE Ryan report raises serious questions about the Catholic church/state relationship in Ireland. It is apparent that the church has been riding on the back of the Irish state like a giant octopus for a long time.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2009

Female genital mutilation should be outlawed and perpetrators deported

I WAS horrified to read about the attitude to female genital mutilation here (Irish Examiner, January 15). Does the Government not understand what this barbaric act involves?

Fri, 02 Feb, 2007

Urgent need to outlaw female genital mutilation

I READ with horror about the attitude to female genital mutilation (FGM) in this country (Irish Examiner, January 15). What is this Government thinking of? Does it even understand what this barbaric act involves?

Fri, 19 Jan, 2007