Rónán Mullen's Blog

 

Freedom of Conscience and the Civil Partnership Bill

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On Wednesday and Thursday of this week I will be tabling amendments to the Civil Partnership Bill in order to protect freedom of conscience for people with religious and ethical concerns around civil partnership.

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Facing Painful Truth Now Will Renew Church

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A Christian response requires some hard work, I’m afraid. We have to master the issues and challenge the spin and condemn the over-simplification when possible. But we’ll have to take a lot on the chin as well. Not just because concern for victims requires that we avoid nit-picking. But because, however much we dislike those who manipulate the harsh facts through ignorance or ulterior motive, the truth is that they helped uncover those harsh facts when we were unwilling to face up to them ourselves.

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Child benefit cuts hurt all of society

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The decision to cut child benefit payments in the budget reflects a long-standing failure by Government to value family life in Ireland.

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