By Tom Hegarty
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Today, the 6th January is the 12th day of Christmas and is traditionally known as Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas) in Ireland, marking the arrival of the three wise men the end of the Christmas celebrations. Traditionally it was a time for Irish Mammies to take the day off and be pampered by their husbands and meet with their friends.
This year, the Irish Times decided to run an “opinion piece” to mark Nollaig na mBan. Opinion pieces in the Irish Times are sometimes used to distance the Irish Times from views that are even too extreme or too far left for their own journalists.
Written by Orla O’Connor, director of the National Women’s Council, her Irish Times opinion piece states “it’s time to commit to advancing women’s equality and increasing the pace of change.”
O’Connor goes on “Meanwhile, we continue to battle the interference of the Catholic Church in our reproductive healthcare (O’Connor means abortion here rather than healthcare) and the future of our new national maternity hospital.” For those who don’t know, abortion activists are aggressively campaigning to have Irelands new National Maternity Hospital commit abortions.
O’Connor’s opinion continues under the heading “Abortion Legislation review.”
”When it comes to healthcare, women must have access to a full range of reproductive healthcare, including abortion. The review of our abortion legislation will be a significant opportunity for Government to widen access to provide abortion care for all women who decide to have an abortion at home.”
Let’s step back a moment. Today is Nollaig na mBan, a time for women to be celebrated, cherished and thanked for their trojan efforts over the Christmas period. A time for women to meet their friends. A time to celebrate the last day of a Christian celebration. Yet, the Irish Times runs an opinion piece from the director of the National Women’s Council which shouts for even more abortions in Ireland and gives a platform to bash Catholics around Ireland.
At time of writing this article, some comments on the Irish Times comment section seem to agree with my position. Here are a few.
One comment states; “Nollaig na mBan should be changed to Nollaig na Moan.”
Comments posted under the Irish Times article point out that comments are being “flagged” …
“Please stop flagging and relating comments that are totally inoffensive. This is not the CCP. I have had comments flagged here on abortion today that are directly relatable to this article and wholly inoffensive. Yeet there is ad hominem insult on this page which was flagged earlier but remains.”
Irish Times. Stop hijacking Nollaig na mBan to shout for more abortions.
To Christian Irish Times readers, consider removing your support from publications that do not support your Faith and beliefs.
The piece from the Irish Times can be found here: On Nollaig na mBan it is time to demand action for women (irishtimes.com)
