The almighty euro — Ireland’s new religion?

IRELAND has become a country obsessed with sex, money and new technologies to the detriment of values that might make us happy, according to one of the country’s leading Christian commentators.

Dr Trevor Morrow said success, status and enjoyment of life were measured only in economic terms and workaholic parents were sacrificing their children and their health in order to “make it, financially”.

He questioned the morality of debating the impact of immigration purely on the basis of financial costs and gains and further cautioned against the kind of liberal sexuality that placed no value on the stability of relationships.