Sinn Fein Ignore Experts By Calling for Euthanasia

Mary Lou McDonald’s Sinn Fein party have been no strangers to controversy in the past year with regards to contentious issues surrounding medicine.

Firstly, the party abandoned its long standing opposition to British rule in Northern Ireland in order to support abortion.

Now, the party has come out strongly in favour of allowing Irish people to be euthanised. This is despite widespread opposition to proposed changes on behalf of actual experts in the field. It appears as though McDonald, who wants Ireland to celebrate the Orange Order each 12th of July and who wants to rejoin the Commonwealth, does not trust doctors enough to listen to their recommendations.

In an interview with the Irish edition of UK newspaper The Sunday Times, the 12th of July supporter said:

I think that Vicky (Phelan) and, indeed others, have made a really compelling case based on human dignity and choice. I follow very carefully what they have to say.

I also listen very carefully to those who deliver palliative care, who are all about dignity in death.

McDonald, who was leader of a party that offered the most thoughtless contributions to abortion debates North and South over the course of the past few years, stated that it should be approached with thoughtfulness because it’s a fairly fraught and sensitive issue.

She also inanely commented:

I would like to think that we will not have a debate around this issue that drags on endlessly for another decade

The far left’s semi literate Dying with Dignity Bill has been roundly dismissed by experts as one of the poorest pieces of legislation ever presented at such a level.

The College of Psychiatrists released a paper prior to Christmas which dealt with this horrific piece of legislation and its potential effect upon the mental health of Irish people.

They wrote:

At a time where there is public concern regarding mental health and suicide to a greater degree than ever before, the introduction of PAS-E undermines the valuable work done in addressing the causes of suicidality

In January 2021, the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland presented their Oireachtas Submission on the matter and wrote:

Introduction of legislation on assisted suicide has the potential for immense harm and unintended consequences. These consequences are not theoretical; they are based on experience in jurisdictions where assisted suicide/euthanasia has been introduced. They include:

• Expansion of groups included under legislation. For example, to infants and children, psychiatric patients, people with intellectual disability, with autism spectrum disorder, people living with dementia, and addiction disorders

Expansion beyond an original apparently restricted set of conditions has occurred in virtually all jurisdictions where physician-assisted suicide/euthanasia has been legalized.

• Inadequate safeguards for vulnerable members of society. • Societal pressure and reduction in autonomy in relation to organ donation.

• Undermining of the practice of palliative care.

• Devaluation of the lives of persons with disabilities and certain medical conditions.

• Negative impact on the role of physicians and medicine/violation of medical ethics.

• Challenges in regulation and oversight: the Netherlands system does not focus on whether patients should have received PAS-E: to what extent this constitutes enforcement of strict safeguards, especially when cases contain controversial features, is not clear.4 We have grave concerns about how the assessment of capacity is dealt with in the Bill, about the implications of the legislation for conscientious objection and see serious challenges in oversight and regulation.

We highlight that complications may occur in process of death by assisted suicide, which in themselves can cause great suffering.

We were very much aware of their antipathy towards the Irish unborn in service of their paymasters in London, but this antagonism towards the elderly, ill and disabled in defiance of the medical profession sets a new low for Sinn Fein.

Irish Men's New Year's Day Rosary Rally

You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Genesis 50:20

The lockdown crisis of the past two years has brought much difficulty, many sufferings and various miseries, but in the thick of it all, God has been using European men to purify and renew his church.

Starting in Poland, Men’s Rosary Rallies have instigated a unique and provocative reclaiming of the church’s place in the public sphere in Europe. The events typically involve men (mostly laymen) meeting in busy public streets or town squares and praying the Rosary in rows of anywhere from 10 to 30 depending on the size of the crowd, normally this will involve kneeling.

Since October, these rallies have also taken place in Ireland, mostly in the North. So far there have been events in Derry, Belfast and Newry and now Armagh.

The organisers have now set up a website www.mensrosaryireland.com in order to promote the events, the next one of which will take place in Omagh on Saturday the 5th of February at 1pm.

You can watch our footage of yesterday’s event below:

Irish Times Praises Frank Duff But Gets One Thing Wrong

Such was the great work of Legion of Mary founder Frank Duff that now even The Irish Times has praised his contribution to Irish society in the early Twentieth Century.

Although the clumsy headline 'Mother and Baby Home Controversy Overshadows Work of Frank Duff’ appears to bizarrely suggest that Frank Duff has been dragged into debates over Mother and Baby Homes, the rest of the article by Paddy Murray is surprisingly quite honest and fair.

Murray’s article starts brightly by mentioning that the Legion’s Centenary deserves more media coverage in Ireland, owing to its 10 million members around the world.

He then refers to the Regina Coeli Hostel, by stating that the Legion of Mary, ‘was behind the establishment of a Mother and Haby home in central Dublin’. The Regina Coeli

The opening line of the Irish Government’s Mother and Baby Home Report recently stated:

Regina Coeli was not a conventional mother and baby home.

The report also states:

There is no indication that Regina Coeli was originally planned as a mother and baby home.

And also:

The arguments against establishing large mother and baby homes did not receive serious consideration, and the only institution that came close to providing a hostel where mothers could work and keep their child was Regina Coeli, which was run by the Legion of Mary

It is universally recognised that the Legion of Mary established a system that was very different to the mainstream concept of ‘Mother and Baby Homes’ (as inherited from the Anglo Protestant system that preceded the Irish State. It is also universally recognised that it was a far more visibly Catholic manifestation of how women and children should be treated than those run by the government.

Not only were the Mother and Baby Homes not uniquely Irish, but they were in fact British, having been recommended and initiated under British rule. As the Commission reports:

Mother and baby homes were not an Irish solution to an Irish problem; Ireland was late in establishing mother and baby homes and the initial recommendation in favour of these special homes came from the 1906 Vice-Regal Commission on the Irish Poor Law.

…

Proposals for establishing special mother and baby homes emerged as part of a wider review of the Irish poor law that was initiated when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom.

Duff’s kindness and proactive approaches were Irish solutions to Irish problems, indeed, Catholic solutions.

Murray’s article rightly points out:

Duff believed that mothers and their babies should be together and not separated. It wasn’t a popular opinion in 1930 when he established the home.

The article also gives a fine example from Gordon Lewis, who was raised in the hostel and who says he greatly admires Duff for his work and for the difference that he made to his life and to others.

Yet, there can be no getting away from the bizarre claim of the headline that Duff’s work has been somehow ‘overshadowed by mother and baby home controversy’.

It simply has not.

Duff’s work has been ignored for the opposite reason, because his kindness, compassion and deep faith are an affront to Angela’s Ashes revisionism that claims all Irish people lived miserable and unhappy lives until Leo Varadkar led them in a celebration of abortion in Dublin Castle in 2018.

There are at least 10 million people around the world who know and appreciate the greatness of Duff on a weekly basis, it would be wonderful if the Legion of Mary were better understood and more appreciated in their home country, but some things are more important than the praise of others and a sign of a prophet is being left unappreciated in their hometown.

It is a positive thing that Legion of Mary has not sought the approval of the Irish mainstream media during this Centenary Year, it should instead continue its mission in helping those seeking material need, the homeless, sick and destitute as well as those in spiritual need, those who have lost their faith or who need to return to prayer.

Orange Order Flex Strength With Trinity College Branch

Buoyed by recent support from Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Fine Gael politician Neale Richmond, anti Catholic group the Orange Order have reopened a ‘dormant’ branch in the historic symbol of Anglo Protestant power in Dublin, Trinity College.

The group, who have complained about being compared to the Ku Klux Klan and other arch Protestant groups, have become more openly visible in the South of Ireland over the past number of years. Then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, who was educated in a Protestant school and who celebrated abortion in a former seat of Protestant power at Dublin Castle in 2018, visited an Orange Lodge in an official capacity last year and was gifted with a glass obelisk as a thank you. Varadkar, who was Tanaiste when the Irish government surrounded Fr. PJ Hughes and his church earlier this year because he was saying Mass, has also said that he would love to an Orange Order march through Dublin.

His party compatriot Neale Richmond also refused to apologise after being photographed near a banner honouring Oliver Cromwell, who raped, murdered and enslaved tens of thousands of Irish Catholics as part of his ethnic cleansing campaign during the anti Catholic and anti Gaelic genocide of 1649.

Every Catholic, every person from Drogheda, every person from Wexford

Should be calling for the resignation of Neale Richmond and his expulsion form public life after seeing these images

Those who honour genocide and slavery have no place in the Dail pic.twitter.com/7nDNgDPK06

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) March 1, 2021

Richmond’s refusal to apologise was trumped by ‘Republican’ Mary Lou McDonald, who has gone on record as stating that she wants to force the entire island of Ireland to celebrate the Orange Order’s hatred for Catholicism every 12th of July.

Up next - Mary Lou McDonald has said she is willing to put celebrating the 12th of July across the island of Ireland during talks about a future border poll. Would you consider this celebration in the Republic of Ireland if it meant we could have an United Ireland? #IrelandTalks

— Niall Boylan (@Niall_Boylan) January 9, 2020

Now, as part of the their increasing arrogance, the Order have openly expressed their reopening of their lodge at Trinity College, which had not been used publicly since 1966. After holding a formal ceremony this past week, they stated that they hope for more lodges to be established around the country.

It is not hard to imagine that they will have a lot of interest, particularly from members of Fine Gael and Sinn Fein, who have showed immense interest in the legacy of the Orange Order recently. In the past decade, this has included shutting the Vatican Embassy as Fine Gael did or picketing Catholic churches as Sinn Fein have done.

In a 2000 article for The Guardian, Henry McDonald summed up the hatred that envelopes the dark heart of the Orange Order:

None the less, anti-Catholicism lies at the root of Orange thought and not unionism; it remains a potent force. Worst of all, its final logical terminus is eliminationist, just as anti-Semitism was in Germany.

After all, if you believe that Catholic men, women and children will burn in the fires of Hell if they do not convert to the true faith, what's wrong with petrol-bombing their homes and burning them out of your streets?

Medical Experts SLAM Assisted Suicide Plans

As the far left gains momentum in trying to provide a legal framework for disposing of those perceived as unwanted and burdensome, the College of Psychiatrists has strongly objected to the plans in a powerful new statement.

Read their press release here:

The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (College of Psychiatrists) has warned that physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia (PAS-E) is not compatible with good medical care and that its introduction in Ireland could place vulnerable patients at risk.

PAS-E is also known as “assisted dying” and in the New Year the issue will be the focus of a Special Oireachtas Committee set up to examine the Dying with Dignity Bill (2020).

The College of Psychiatrists is the professional and training body for psychiatrists in Ireland and represents 1,000 professional psychiatrists (both specialists and trainees) across the country.  It has today published a position paper on this issue [see editors’ note below] which sets out some key issues regarding the introduction of assisted dying in Ireland.  These include:

• Assisted dying is contrary to the efforts of psychiatrists, other mental health staff and the public to prevent deaths by suicide.

• It is likely to place vulnerable people at risk – many requests for assisted dying stem from issues such as fear of being a burden or fear of death rather than from intractable pain. Improvements in existing services should be deployed to manage these issues.

• While often introduced for patients with terminal illness, once introduced assisted dying is likely to be applied more broadly to other groups, such that the numbers undertaking the procedure grow considerably above expectations;

• The introduction of assisted dying represents a radical change in Irish law and a long-standing tradition of medical practice, as exemplified in the prohibition of deliberate killing in the Irish Medical Council ethics guidelines;

Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist Dr Eric Kelleher is a member of the College of Psychiatrists and contributing author to the position paper on assisted dying.

Speaking today, he said: “We are acutely aware of the sensitivity of this subject, and understand and support the fact that dying with dignity is the goal of all end-of-life care. Strengthening our palliative care and social support networks makes this possible. Not only is assisted dying or euthanasia not necessary for a dignified death, but techniques used to bring about death can themselves result in considerable and protracted suffering”.

“Where assisted dying is available, many requests stem, not from intractable pain, but from such causes as fear, depression, loneliness, and the wish not to burden carers. With adequate resources, including psychiatric care, psychological care, palliative medicine, pain services, and social supports, good end-of-life care is possible,” he said.

Dr Siobhan MacHale, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, a member of the College of Psychiatrists and contributing author to the position paper on assisted dying, said: “Once permitted in a jurisdiction, experience has shown that more and more people die from assisted dying. This is usually the result of progressively broadening criteria through legal challenges because, if a right to assisted dying is conceded, there is no logical reason to restrict this to those with a terminal illness.”

She continued: “Both sides of this debate support the goal of dying with dignity, but neither the proposed legislation nor the status quo (as evidenced by both clinical experience and the power of this debate) is sufficient. It is imperative for the Irish people to continue to demonstrate leadership as a liberal and compassionate society in working together to achieve this.”

READ THE FULL STATEMENT HERE:

Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia – The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland (irishpsychiatry.ie)

Dublin Honours Christ on Streets at Christmas

Irish Society for Christian Civilisation – ISFCC, an organization of lay Catholics, held three Christmas rallies on O’Connell St., Dublin on the 4th, 11th and 18th of December. Approximately seventy people attended each rally. The participants prayed the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary and sang traditional Christmas carols such as Silent Night and Angels We Have Heard on High.

When asked why ISFCC organized these rallies, Damien Murphy, the rally leader, said, “We’re here today for two reasons. First, to bring the true joy and peace of Christmas - which is Our Lord Jesus Christ - to people who walk by us and, also, to oppose the secularization of Christmas in Ireland”

The scene moved many people, who often stopped and participated in the carols. The Child Jesus on a cushion in the centre of the rally also touched many others.

“The world is facing multiple crises.” said Damien. “People need to realise that Our Lady has already given us the solution to these problems when she appeared in Fatima and asked us to pray the Rosary every day.”

“The Rosary strengthens us. Through the Rosary, God gives us the wisdom and prudence to solve our problems because at the heart of every crisis in the world today lies a moral problem. A corrupt society will never be able to succeed but slowly sink into chaos.”

While the idea of Christmas rallies is new, ISFCC has held similar rallies in Dublin at the same location for almost ten years.

“We also have monthly Rosary Rallies here at the same place (O’Connell Street) once a month from May to October and get similar numbers, though our last one in October had around 200 people.” continued Damien.

Irish Society for Christian Civilisation and its campaign Ireland Needs Fatima is part of the worldwide movement called Tradition, Family, and Property founded in Brazil by the late Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira.

Irish Politicians Vote for Maximum Pain for Aborted Babies

Irish politicians hit a new low this evening, by celebrating Christmas with a vote to make sure that babies will feel as much pain as possible while they are being aborted.

In a sick and sadistic development, Irish politicians, including many from Sinn Fein, openly mocked the idea of administering pain relief to babies as they were being killed in abortion.

The bill had been brought forward by a number of prolife TDs including Carol Nolan, who spoke of the fact that many liberal TDs will vote for banning cruelty to animals but not to unborn babies. The government ultimately blocked it with 107 votes against 37.

Carol Nolan calling for unborn babies to be given the same legal guarantee to pain relief before they are killed as animals have before operations. pic.twitter.com/06rSeocI7C

— JRD (@JRD0000) December 15, 2021

Another TD, Michael Collins, also pointed out the need for pain relief as many babies feel severe pain as they are being killed by needle or forceps.

Michael Collins preemptively refutes one of the central arguments used by many opposing TDs - that politicians shouldn't be dictating to doctors - by pointing out that we were happy to do this to protect animals.
He goes on to elaborate on the need for pain relief for the unborn. pic.twitter.com/DMP05fJZ3v

— JRD (@JRD0000) December 15, 2021

Danny Healy Rae spoke movingly of how society lets babies down by having them killed in the womb. He also rightfully pointed out that those who support abortion were also part of governments that made life a living hell for mothers and fathers.

We need to do more to help mothers, and fathers, indeed, to ensure there is another way. We are not doing that. Many here were hell-bent on ensuring that the abortion legislation went through. That was their right and for those who voted for it that was their right. But that is not to say that I say it is right. I think that these children, if they grew up, and they do grow up and they are not long becoming men and women, would have been a massive asset to this country. The Government, by its amendment, is looking to delay this. I want to remind the Minister that 18 babies are being aborted daily so they are going to suffer pain. It is 126 weekly and over 6,000 in a year. Surely we should not be wasting time. Is there humanity in the Minister or any of the Government? If there is, now is the time to stand up and do what we ask which is just to administer pain relief in the course of these abortions where we are ending little babies lives.

Danny Healy-Rae points to how we treat unborn babies in nothing even giving pain relief before we kill them as evidence that Ireland has lost its way as a society. pic.twitter.com/aQsvtEjp2X

— JRD (@JRD0000) December 15, 2021

Michael Healy Rae followed the same line of argument, stating:

How could any human being look me straight in the eye and say with any conviction and with any honesty in his heart and soul that it is wrong to want to stop a little person of feeling pain? Every one of us will have to die and how a person could face God after denying a person the right to pain relief is hard to understand. If I was under any one of their whips tonight, I would crack the whip back at them and I would vote with my conscience.

Michael Healy-Rae on his fundamental opposition to abortion and calling for at least as much compassion to be shown to the unborn as for animals. pic.twitter.com/b7rlp6zcum

— JRD (@JRD0000) December 15, 2021

In a typically disgusting display from Sinn Fein, fresh from imposing Westminster’s abortion of disabled Irish babies in the North, David Cullinane stated that he wants the South to also be under London’s abortion jurisdiction:

Sinn Féin is committed to delivering the same services, North and South. We want to see the alignment and delivery of abortion services across the island, and the services available in this State implemented in the North.

David Cullinane attempting to explain why Sinn Féin would be supporting the government's blocking of pain relief for unborn babies before they are killed in late term abortions.

Sinn Féin supports babies have fewer rights than animals. pic.twitter.com/9Jw4VNhQIa

— JRD (@JRD0000) December 15, 2021

We would include some of the other statements supporting babies being aborted with maximum pain, but they were of such low quality, of the kinds of American Lite soundbite clichéd talking points that we dare not waste your time or your brain cells reading the words of people who have no idea of what they are talking about.

We will give one risible example of the low quality of debate, from Ivana Bacik, of pro IMF party Labour:

A classic example of leftist perversion of language and morality - Ivana Bacik calling for pain relief for unborn babies to be blocked in the name of compassion. pic.twitter.com/XsbH7jCjtL

— JRD (@JRD0000) December 15, 2021

We will update when we have the full list of those who voted against the measure, but you may notice the name on the teller for the Yes side, Jack Chambers, who was once a stalwart of the prolife movement and who still has the loyalty of many ‘Catholic’ voters.

There it is. 37, then 36 TDs vote against Govts amendment to block the Foetal Pain Relief Bill 2021. The Bill has therefore fallen. The Dáil rejects pain relief. How indescribably sad. Well done to all the Bill's Sponsors and supporters. You tried. @john_mcguirk @griptmedia pic.twitter.com/Vb32Bfuzoq

— David Mullins (@Mullins77David) December 15, 2021

Sinn Fein Votes Against Babies With Disabilities

Sinn Fein have sent a strong Christmas message to people with disabilities, by voting to ensure that they can be aborted at up to 40 weeks of pregnancy if they have Down Syndrome, a cleft palate or club foot.

The party have become radicalised in their work as enforcers of Britain’s abortion edict in Northern Ireland, a law for which they accepted British rule in the province for the first time in history.

In a vote last night, Sinn Fein continued to add controversy to their already controversial festive season by having 26 MLAs vote loud and strong against proposals to limit abortions on babies who have disabilities.

So called ‘human rights’ group Amnesty International expressed their satisfaction with the gruesome result, which will inevitably lead to essentially the elimination of peoples with Down Syndrome in the North of Ireland as it has done in everywhere else where it has been introduced.

The right result. By 45 to 42 the Severe Fetal Impairment bill has NOT passed consideration stage & is defeated. Thanks to all MLAs who voted to respect & protect choice. Priority remains urgent delivery of fully commissioned services, accessible to all who need them. Onwards. pic.twitter.com/0NvdyFFW4f

— Grainne Teggart (@GTeggart) December 14, 2021

There is simply no doubt about it, Sinn Fein want Ireland in the Commonwealth, they want the 12th of July to be a celebration of anti Catholicism from Belfast to Cork and they want little Irish babies to be killed in the womb because Britain ordered them to do it. To support Sinn Fein now means to oppose an Irish Republic, the Catholic faith and people with disabilities.

In a news story by the BBC last year, one mother of a child with Down Syndrome spoke of how she was offered 15 abortions to kill her baby, but that she was offered no support in order to have him and to raise him.

This is what Sinn Fein have voted for, all in their desperate efforts to do the work of Westminster.

Down's syndrome: 'In all honesty we were offered 15 terminations' - BBC News

Social Media ROASTS Irish Journalist's Bishop Tweet

The frosty relationship between Irish Catholics and the Irish State’s Propaganda Arm has grown ever colder over the course of the past year. As a result, listenership at RTE has completely collapsed.

Much of this stems from the station’s decision to use public monies to accuse Catholics of worshipping a ‘rapist God’ in a New Year’s Eve ‘comedy’ sketch.

In a tweet this week, Education Correspondent Emma O’Kelly reminded people of the occasion when principals ‘defied’ bishops by forcing children to attend school on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

It's worth remembering that until 2004 most schools in Ireland were obliged to close today - Dec 8th - because it was a Catholic 'holy day of obligation'. Here's my report from '04, when some primary schools defied the bishops & opened. Months later the bishops backed down. pic.twitter.com/gDya5Q0jzQ

— emma o kelly (@emma_okelly) December 8, 2021

Perplexed by the apparent cheerleading of forcing children to attend school rather than take a day off with their families and attend church, Twitter users from around the globe expressed bewilderment with the Irish psyche, with many sarcastically stating that the bishops must have been really terrible to express a desire to give kids a day off from school.

Some of those commenting including author Sohrab Ahmari, who wrote ‘Big L for Ireland’.

Big L for Ireland. https://t.co/CnVtcOFHu6

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) December 11, 2021

Libs are such joy killers. https://t.co/KAlP8QQ4JF

— Nathan der Schneemann ☃️ (@nguoiyanqui) December 11, 2021

Irish libs love to portray themselves as some heroic vanguard against a theocratic dictatorship when they've really been in charge for decades.

Genuine Catholic schools had functionally ceased to exist by 2004. https://t.co/zFcyesms9I

— Ó Bruadair 2.0 (@Bruadair2) December 11, 2021

Yeah man letting kids have an occasional day off is harmful https://t.co/yDtXbxCvJy

— Christian Pyle, Esq. (@CNPyleEsq) December 11, 2021

Imagine being so bitter and fedoratastic that you think not getting a day off is somehow a win because Catholicism bad. https://t.co/nMaFmoWXrh

— Wiggler is Catholic 🇻🇦 (@WigglyCath) December 11, 2021

Cant have the peons spend more time with their children now

— Margarine-/k/rampus (@TheUnaButters) December 11, 2021

He’ll yeah no days off for kids no sense of a life or world more important than school 💪🏻 nothing sacred, no time for family 🇮🇪

— 🌳Seamus🌳🦌☝🏻 (@fireofthylove) December 11, 2021

Dublin Puts Christ Back Into Christmas

On the 4th of December near The Spire in Dublin, Irish Society for Christian Civilisation held Christmas Carols and a Rosary near the Crib on O’Connell Street.

If you watch the video below of the event, there is also the explanation of the story behind a famous Christmas song.

It is great to see a public demonstration of faith like this, especially at a time where commercial interests are diluting the Catholic faith from the Christmas season.

Irish Group to Host Webinar on Upcoming Synod

Family Solidarity will host a webinar with Sr Nathalie Becquart, under-secretary of the Synod of the Bishop in Rome, and Dr Vincenzo Bassi, president of the European Federation of Catholic Families Organisations (FAFCE).

In October, Pope Francis called the Catholic Church to embark on the synodal journey, asking for a broad participation, particularly at the local level. Sr Nathalie will talk about the role of the family, and of family organisations, in this process of spiritual discernment.

“Synodality is a call for mutual listening between all the members of the Church, and inspired by the Holy Spirit. Encouraged by the opening of the Synod, family associations wish to become protagonists of the synodal movement initiated by Pope Francis. In the same way that family members care for each other and move forward in a common understanding of unity, family associations wish today to work within the Church to create a true path of unity and communion for the common good.”, said Vincenzo Bassi of FAFCE.

He added: “This webinar is a way that FAFCE and Family Solidarity have to raise awareness about the responsibility that Christians and, specifically, our organisations have in this goal in the first instance, by working to create a network of encounters between families and by developing Family Associations. In fact, as Pope Francis said at the opening of the synodal path, “As we initiate this process, we too are called to become experts in the art of encounter. Not so much by organizing events or theorizing about problems, as in taking time to encounter the Lord and one another“.”

The webinar will take place on Thursday 9th December at 7.00 pm (Irish time) and it will be moderated by journalist Jason Osborne (Irish Catholic). Dr Angelo Bottone, chairman of Family Solidarity, will make the closing remarks.

The event will be livestreamed on the FAFCE Youtube and Facebook pages.

For ZOOM registration and more details, see https://familysolidarity.org/synodality/

Irish Men's Rosary Draws Huge Crowds Again

Although there are many in the Irish church who prefer to mourn the loss of faith among many, there are others who are willing to do far more than merely ‘manage the decline’ of the faith in Ireland.

One prominent example of those unwilling to merely allow the faith to disappear with the next generation has been evident in the successful men’s Rosary Rallies of recent months.

Following on from the successes of similar events in Poland, Irish Catholics have drawn hundred to events in Derry and Newry and now they have brought their biggest one yet with yesterday’s rally in Belfast.

On Facebook, Męski Różaniec Święty w Irlandii (Men’s Holy Rosary Ireland) wrote:

Another Public Male Holy Rosary behind us and what a huge success. We started the day with a Mass in Classic Roman Rhythm (Trydenck) at The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ICKSP. Today we were in the very centre of Belfast, where together with the rest of the Irish we prayed the rosary in the intention of rewarding the Immaculate Heart of Mary

With a repentance :

- For all the ways the Irish nation has turned away from the Gospel and the teaching of the Catholic Church

- for the sins of abortion, birth control and all forms of impurity.

In His mercy we ask:

- the end of covid virus

- The end of the signs of growing tyranny on our nation

- Restoring our nation back to God.

Another Men's Rosary will be held in Armagh, Main Square, Market Street next to the library

January 1, 2022 at 1pm

The next event on New Year’s Day in Armagh is sure to draw large crowds again. It shames the naysayers and prophets of doom to see such a positive event, drawing men onto to the streets to publicly and boldly proclaim their love of the Most Holy Rosary of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

We pray that this idea may be adopted by others in parts of Ireland and play its part in reviving the faith across the island.

The Men's Rosary today in Belfast was an outstanding display of faith. 🙏🏻#PraytoendAbortion #PraytheRosary pic.twitter.com/0ns4wiCfYA

— Babies Lives Matter NI #Prolife (@RockofLifeNI) December 4, 2021

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

A newspaper has the prerogative of promoting an unpopular social or political agenda.

It does not have the right to tell lies to support that cause.

The Sunday Times Ireland, published the editorial: “Assisted dying law in Ireland needs to be done right, but it must be done” on November 28, 2021 and the editors thinks it is “an appropriate time to debate the issue.” Perhaps they didn’t get the memo about the 1400+ submissions to the Justice Committee of the Oireachtas? (Overwhelmingly opposed to the Dying with Dignity Act / An Bille um Bás Dínitiúil, 2020.)

The editors contend:

“We now know the “slippery slope” argument has little credibility. That’s because in states and countries where assisted dying is allowed, there has been no evidence of abuse.” [my emphasis]

The Editorial team referenced Oregon as the paragon of safety in the provision of Assisted Suicide:

“In the American state of Oregon, for example, with a population of 4.2 million people and where the Death with Dignity Act was passed in 1997, there have been about 2,000 assisted deaths, and so far no wrongful ones have been reported or detected.” [my emphasis]

If these 3 key assertions are refuted, their thesis fails.

The Sunday Times may claim innocence because the Oregonian agency collecting data on Assisted Suicide — the Department of Human Services — does not document or investigate cases of alleged abuse. (“…has no authority to investigate individual Death with Dignity cases / The state law authorizing physician-assisted suicide neither requires nor authorizes investigations by DHS.”)

A quick Google search shows there are many cases of abuse even in Oregon but also Washington State, the Netherlands & Belgium. The best evidence of a precipitous “slippery slope” can be seen in Canada.

Their poor investigative skills aside, the editors miss the point: dead people don’t complain…

Oregon

In a letter to the editor of The Oregonian, Dr. Kenneth R. Stevens Jr. noted: “although the prescribing physician is to refer a patient for psychological evaluation if there may be depression or other conditions impairing patient judgment, only 4% of those dying from the drugs received such evaluation (only 0.5% in 2020). Recent changes in Oregon’s law have removed many safeguards from Oregon’s Death with Dignity law.”  In a group of people of whom 100% are trying to kill themselves, it beggars belief that only 4% merited a Psych Eval: Really?  

The seven quoted examples below are only a selection of those mentioned in an article by the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund. The first two are also discussed in the BMJ’s Journal of Medical Ethics.  

• Doctor shopping: “Kate Cheney, 85, died by assisted suicide under Oregon’s law even though she had early dementia. Her physician had declined to provide the lethal prescription. Her managed care provider then found another physician to prescribe the lethal dose. The second physician ordered a psychiatric evaluation, which found that Cheney lacked “the very high level of capacity required to weigh options about assisted suicide.” Cheney’s request was denied, and her daughter “became angry.” Another evaluation took place, this time with a psychologist who insisted on meeting Cheney alone. Disturbingly, the psychologist deemed Cheney competent while still noting that her “choices may be influenced by her family’s wishes and her daughter, Erika, may be somewhat coercive.” Cheney soon took the drugs and died, but only after spending a week in a nursing home.”

• Lack of psychiatric consultation: “Michael Freeland, age 64, had a 43-year medical history of acute depression and suicide attempts. Yet when Freeland saw a doctor about arranging an assisted suicide, the physician said he didn’t think that a psychiatric consultation was “necessary.” …When Freeland chanced to find improved medical and suicide prevention services, he was able to reconcile with his estranged daughter and lived two years post-diagnosis.”   (Freeland did receive a prescription for the fatal medication.)

• Coercion by family or friends: “Thomas Middleton was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, moved into the home of Tami Sawyer in July 2008, and died by assisted suicide later that very month. Middleton had named Sawyer his estate trustee and put his home in her trust. Two days after Thomas Middleton died, Sawyer listed the property for sale and deposited $90,000 into her own account. It took a federal investigation into real estate fraud to expose this abuse. Sawyer was indicted for first-degree criminal mistreatment and first-degree aggravated theft, partly over criminal mistreatment of Thomas Middleton.”

• Administration of the poison by others: “Patrick Matheny received his assisted suicide prescription by Federal Express. He couldn’t take the drugs by himself so his brother-in-law helped. Commenting on the Matheny case, Dr. Hedberg of Oregon Department of Human Services said that “we do not know exactly how he helped this person swallow, whether it was putting a feed tube down or whatever, but he was not prosecuted …”

• Duress from US health-care costs: “Barbara Wagner…a 64-year-old great-grandmother, had recurring lung cancer. Her physician prescribed Tarceva to extend her life. Studies show the drug provides a 30 percent increased survival rate for patients with advanced lung cancer, and patients’ one-year survival rate increased by more than 45 percent. But the Oregon Health Plan sent Wagner a letter saying the Plan would not cover the beneficial chemotherapy treatment “but … it would cover … [among other things,] physician-assisted suicide.”

• Duress from health-care workers: “Kathryn Judson wrote of bringing her seriously ill husband to the doctor in Oregon. “I collapsed in a half-exhausted heap in a chair once I got him into the doctor’s office, relieved that we were going to get badly needed help (or so I thought),” she wrote. “To my surprise and horror, during the exam I overheard the doctor giving my husband a sales pitch for assisted suicide. ‘Think of what it will spare your wife, we need to think of her’ he said, as a clincher.”

• Violation of procedure: “Wendy Melcher died in August 2005 after two Oregon nurses, Rebecca Cain and Diana Corson, gave her overdoses of morphine and phenobarbital. They claimed Melcher had requested an assisted suicide, but they administered the drugs without her doctor’s knowledge, in clear violation of Oregon’s law. No criminal charges have been filed against the two nurses.”

The Netherlands

In the Netherlands, euthanasia of children under 1 year of age is still technically illegal, but was “decriminalized” in 2005 for those doctors following The Groningen Protocol.

A tragic case of a Dutch nun was reported in the Psychiatric Times, 2004. She was dying painfully of cancer and her physician felt her religion prevented her from agreeing to euthanasia, so felt “justified and compassionate” in ending her life — without telling her he was doing so.

In 2019, Judge Mariette Renckens ruled that, "all requirements of the euthanasia legislation" had been met in 2016 when an anonymous female doctor decided that the prior directive of an 80-year-old woman should be enacted. First, she attempted to sedate the elderly woman by slipping medication into her coffee. The lady woke up and resisted the doctor’s attempts to kill her and said “NO” repeatedly. The doctor then asked the family to hold the elderly woman down while she administered the fatal medication.

Belgium

The Journal of the Canadian Medical Association reported that the physicians in one area of Belgium, admitted that over 30% of the Voluntary Euthanasia/Assisted-Suicides occurred WITHOUT explicit request…

Canada

Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide [VE/AS] were legislated 2016 under the euphemistic term of Medical Assistance in Dying [MAiD]. Related legislation in 2021 immediately removed the requirement for natural death to be “reasonably foreseeable” and allows AS/VE for those suffering from mental illnesses alone by 2023.

In 2018, 42-year-old Roger Foley from Ontario wanted to live despite suffering from a progressive, neuro-degenerative disease. There were issues with home-care services and after being stuck in hospital, he recorded administrative staff offering him Euthanasia as an alternative to forced discharge or being billed $1,800 per day. 

Despite the Supreme Court of Canada specifying: “Nothing in this declaration would compel physicians to provide assistance in dying,” physicians in Ontario are mandated to provide an “effective referral” for MAiD/AS/VE by the provincial government, the medical College, the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeals.

(The courts admitted there was religious discrimination but over-ruled it saying, “The evidence in the record establishes a real risk of a deprivation of equitable access to health care, particularly on the part of the more vulnerable members of our society, in absence of the effective referral requirements of the policy.” Curiously, there is a perfectly effective self-referral system in Alberta which takes one phone call and it deprives nobody!)

Conclusion

Humanist, Dr. Donald Boudreau, McGill University noted: “My personal belief is that healing and euthanizing are simply not miscible.”

The Hippocratic Oath pre-dates Christianity, but again the Sunday Times verbalised their sad anti-religious sentiment while not providing any coherent rationale as to why a modern country like Ireland should introduce Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide. The emotive plea that “death should not be a trial or a trauma” and because ‘other countries are doing it,’ that basically Ireland ‘must do it too’ is a childish response. The platitude “This newspaper feels everyone should have the right to choose how they leave this world” is a trite response to a very difficult life-event — one which we will all face. 

Terms like ‘unbearable suffering’ are often used though physical pain (or even fear of pain) is an infrequent reason for people to request Assisted Suicide in Oregon. In the 2019 report, Oregon showed that the majority of requests arise from an existential crisis: “The most frequently reported end-of-life concerns loss of autonomy (87%), decreasing ability to participate in activities that made life enjoyable (90%), loss of dignity (72% ) and being a burden to family/caregivers 59%.”

The treatment of physical pain is one of the remarkable advances in modern Palliative Care — never mind the careful attention paid to resolving people’s existential issues. A truly caring society would call for the provision of universal access to Palliative Care, long before any call for Assisted Suicide/Voluntary Euthanasia.

Universal access to Palliative Care will help vastly more people than Assisted Suicide to achieve a truly dignified, peaceful death. 

Dr. Kevin Hay

* “LIES, DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS” is probably from Leonard H. Courtney, (1832-1918), later Lord Courtney, New York in 1895.

Irish Anti Catholic Parties Lose Support in New Poll

This past week, two relics of the International Monetary Fund’s Irish based puppet government of 2011 disgraced themselves by trying to scapegoat religion for their failings.

One, a former Catholic school principal Aodhan O’Riordain made headlines around the world with an Ian Paisley like torrent of abuse that climaxed with a skin curling rallying cry of ‘LET’S GET THEM OUT!’

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin not trying to control his anti-Catholic rage at the Labour Party conference today, calling for the church to be removed from all public institutions. pic.twitter.com/5xuD2j1sRD

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O’Riordain’s party had infamously brutalised Irish families with the IMF’s crushing austerity measures during the early 2010s, causing many women and children to become homeless.

Meanwhile, another relic of that government who did not have the decency to depart from politics afterwards, Roisin Shortall, became the laughing stock of Europe in the past fortnight when her efforts to remove God from the Presidential Oath were thrown out of the ECHR. Shortall’s party, the Social Democrats, have very little to offer the people of Ireland other than to badger Catholics and to blame them for problems that Shortall’s government created in 2011. In recent years, they have suggested government regulation of the Sacrament of Confession and of sexual education, but only in Catholic schools.

In a new poll published today by Red C, the Social Democrats have fallen 1% from 6% to 5% support. Labour have fallen from 5% to 4%. While these may seem like small numbers, micro parties such as these can lose some of the very limited numbers of seats based upon such differences.

What these polls show is that the public see through the efforts of Alan Kelly and Roisin Shortall to rewrite recent Irish history. They also show that ordinary Irish people are aware of the extensive damage to the education system by the IMF’s puppet government and do not trust its legacy politicians who are still trying to use the church as a scapegoat for their own mistakes.

Signs are Ominous on Abortion Consultations

The following is from prolife group Deise4Life.

What happens when a woman in Ireland contacts a GP about having an abortion?

Online HSE documentation makes it clear that the first consultation with the GP is not meant to be a rubber-stamping exercise, but what actually happens in practice?

The HSE abortion consent form

The HSE has posted online their abortion consent form for medical abortions (i.e. abortion pills). It can be accessed here: Medical abortion consent form (hse.ie). It gives a clear picture of what is supposed to happen under our new abortion legislation.

When a woman applies for a medical abortion in Ireland, she makes an initial appointment with a GP or other abortion provider. The consent form is to be read and signed by both parties.

The woman signs to being “fully informed..about side effects.. and potential risks and complications”. In fact, she signs that she understands to her “complete satisfaction”.

The medical practitioner signs the following statement: “I confirm that in my opinion, the patient understands the nature of the treatment. I have provided them with the ‘Your Guide to Medical Abortion’ booklet and explained what the treatment will involve, the benefits and risks of this and any alternative treatments. I discussed any particular concerns of this patient. These were explained to my patient in terms suited to their understanding and they are able to give informed consent.”

There is then a 3-day waiting period after the initial appointment, and the woman returns to receive her two abortion pills, the first of which is taken on the spot, the second the following day.

Sarah’s story

Some women have shared their actual experiences in conversation with the Life Institute, and these have been posted online. Here is one such story (Sarah’s Story); others like it are also listed on the Life Institute web page.

“I was surprised how quickly I got an appointment. He (the GP) went through the abortion and it all sounded very straightforward really. There was no offer of help, support, no counselling, no encouragement... just to return in 3 days. The next three days were a blur but you could cut the tension with a knife at home. I returned 3 days later and I always remember he didn’t tell me to sit down, and while I was standing up, he handed me the pills and the plastic cup filled with water. It was like I had no time to even think about what I was doing.

The next day I was to take the 2nd set of pills. I hesitated for a few hours but overwhelming stress came over me, and I convinced myself again that I just had to do it and the damage was already done anyway.

The next few hours were excruciating, I was told I would have mild cramps. This is not true. I bled so much and the pain was awful. I stayed in bed for the next two days and only got up to use the toilet. After all that was over, I thought ‘okay it’s done’, I just felt so fragile. After a week I was in the toilet and just felt something very strange and out came a perfect tiny baby. I couldn’t believe it, I always remember the perfect shape of his leg, you could see it so clearly. I took a photo, I just had to.

All I can say is, I am traumatised.

My life is now measured by everything before and after the abortion. I feel like a different person and I’ll never be the same. It has impacted every area of my life. This is the part you are never told, no one warned me about this. I wish I had known, I would have never done it.”

How typical is Sarah’s story?

The short answer to this question is that we have no way of knowing, because hardly any information is being collected about the operation of the new regime - but there are some disturbing indicators.

More than 2000 women, about 1 in 3 women who had an abortion that year, contacted the HSE post-abortion helpline in 2020. That suggests an awful lot of women who found the abortion experience harder to deal with than they were led to believe.

In 2019, according to the Irish Family Planning Association annual report, 8% (nearly 1 in 12) of a sample of their clients ended up in hospital after taking abortion pills. Nationally, that suggests more than 500 women in just one year ending up in hospital after the pills.

There have been huge variations in abortion rates in neighbouring Irish counties, suggesting that GP’s in some counties are doing a better job of listening and counselling than others, and that when this happens, more women change their minds about proceeding with an abortion.

It has recently been confirmed (parliamentary question from Carol Nolan TD) that there have been 94 abortion-related claims to the State Claims Agency up to end October 2021.

To sum up:

- More than 6500 abortions a year

- Large variation in abortion rates between neighbouring counties

- Traumatised women accessing post-abortion helplines in their thousands

- Hundreds of women being hospitalised after taking the abortion pills

- Nearly one hundred women to date have submitted abortion-related claims

Whatever happened to “rare” and “safe” in the 2018 slogan “safe, legal and rare”? At least three members of Cabinet used that slogan in the referendum campaign. It is rarely mentioned now, and it is easy to see why.

Another slogan - Rethink Abortion – seems far more apt.

'Get them out!' Austerity Extremist's Anti Catholic Rant

During his party’s years in government, Aodhan O’Riordain’s Labour decimated Ireland’s hospitals, its schools and its young people.

The cruel party increased hospital waiting lists, slashed teacher’s wages and delighted in making young Irish people emigrate.

Now, as the party tries to shoe its way in to an inevitable Sinn Fein led far left government, Labour have come out fighting. Not fighting against the injustices that they imposed over the course of the past decade, but rather against the injustices of the Protestant built Magdalene Laundry System, which the Irish State profited from until the 1980s.

For Aodhan O’Riordain, the tens of thousands of women and children that his party forced into homeless shelters are rather irrelevant, since they cannot be used as a stick to beat the church with. In an ironic twist, the church has been largely responsible for trying to clean up O’Riordain’s party’s mess, with establishments like the Capuchin Day Centre regularly feeding thousands of people per day in Dublin.

In a frightening and unhinged speech today at Labour’s Party Conference, Ryan was close to foaming at the mouth as he screamed ‘GET THEM OUT!’ about Catholics.

He also claimed that he would impose a referendum against the church’s involvement in providing public services.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin not trying to control his anti-Catholic rage at the Labour Party conference today, calling for the church to be removed from all public institutions. pic.twitter.com/5xuD2j1sRD

— JRD (@JRD0000) November 13, 2021

Irish Catholics better prepare for what is coming when these people get back in to power.

Labour know that the homeless crisis, the trolley crisis and the problems in education are completely of their doing and they are not going to allow that narrative to take route.

This same shrewd attitude was behind their unsuccessful efforts to remove History from Irish schools, lest anyone read about the horrific impact of their pro IMF ideology in the years to come.

They are going to come first for our schools, then for our churches, then for us. We have seen this story play out in Spain, China and countless others in the past century.

'Kevin Barry Would've Been Pro Choice' Claims Notorious Fianna Fail Member

Led by British born and raised politician Paul Gavan, Sinn Fein continued their unrelenting war against Catholic prayer for the protection of unborn children this week.

Sinn Fein, who recently came out strongly in support of the Orange Order and their anti Catholic 12th of July celebrations, have been consistent in their efforts to stop people from praying the Rosary at facilities where babies are being aborted.

Gavan claimed that ‘women and pregnant people’ need such legislation immediately, citing Astro Turf group Together for Safety as their evidence for such a ban being needed.

Let me be very clear. We need this legislation without further delay because women and pregnant people are entitled to access essential healthcare including access to termination of pregnancy services in privacy and dignity without being subject to intimidation, harassment and the subtle but deliberate chill effect that anti-choice protesters are bringing to hospital, family planning and GP settings across the State right now.

Legislation was promised three and a half years ago but to date has not been delivered. Indeed, as recently as August, the Minister's Department issued a statement to the effect that there was no need for such a Bill. 

Paul Gavan introduces Sinn Féin's bill to suppress the right of activists to protest near facilities performing abortions. pic.twitter.com/Mg6I8ArEfs

— JRD (@JRD0000) November 10, 2021

Anti free speech activist Gavan stated that the bill would allow for damages to be brought against people who took part in prolife events near any public place that was designated a ‘Safe Access Zone’ for killing babies. Gavan also claimed,

Ongoing anti-abortion protests outside healthcare providers aim to deter individuals from accessing healthcare and doctors from providing it. This can cause distress, exacerbate existing social stigmas and pose a serious risk to a range of rights.

This seems quite ironic considering Sinn Fein recently picketed a Catholic church in Dublin in a UVF style rally.

In an absurd presentation, Lynn Boylan, who ran for election in Ireland’s wealthiest constituency recently, presented a number of unverifiable anecdotes about alleged harassment of women availing of abortions.

Boylan also falsely claimed that Sinn Fein, who now want the Orange Order’s celebrations made a mandatory public celebration across the entire island, that this was not an attack on religious freedom.

The protestors know what they are doing. They know the chilling effect that their protests are having. They know exactly what they are doing. This is not about religious freedom. This is about curtailing women's freedoms.

Infamous ‘politician’ Lorraine Clifford Lee then spoke also. Clifford Lee made headlines in 2019, for her incendiary and abusive tweets about Dwarves, Brazilians, Travellers, Black People, ‘Common Folk’ amongst others. She now works as a Senator against the wishes of the public, who rejected her in subsuquent elections.

She began by bizarrely claiming that:

Women and pregnant people should be able to access health services

Lorraine Clifford Lee then bragged of taking part in abortion imperialism in Poland with Lisa Chambers, who was also rejected by voters last year after claiming to be ‘prolife’ while stating ‘abortion regret is a makey up term, it doesn’t exist’.

My colleague, Senator Chambers, and I visited Poland recently. On behalf of the all-party group on sexual and reproductive health and rights, we signed the Warsaw commitment to freedom of expression in Europe, and to the access and support of people's sexual and reproductive rights

Clifford Lee also claimed that although everyone has a right to protest, she does not like anti abortion ones, therefore she would prefer if they did not take place.

Protests are part of our psyche in Ireland. I am a prolific protester. I have protested with great gusto in the past, but I would never seek to protest outside a medical establishment. These protests are very far-reaching in their impact, not only on the people accessing termination services but also on everybody accessing health services within a particular establishment, the staff and the wider community.

In response, Senator Sharon Keoghan rightly pointed out that Astro Turf group Together for Safety should not be allowed to dictate our laws, with the help of unelected politicians like Clifford Lee and Lisa Chambers.

The Minister is very welcome to the House. As I read through this Bill, I was reminded of Senator McDowell's Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 which passed into law in April 2021. That was a targeted Bill, urgently drafted to remedy an obviously unintended legal situation. There was a universally recognised need for that Bill by the public but such does not seem to be the case with this Bill. The calls for protest prohibition zones, which, let us call a spade a spade, is what they are, do not appear to be coming from the grassroots but almost exclusively from special interest and political advocacy groups. Indeed, the Bill itself was gifted to Senator Gavan by a faceless campaign group, Together for Safety. As legislators, we should be extra vigilant when it comes to outsourcing our constitutional duties to pop-up activists.

As is common with Ireland’s low quality Senators when they are presented with reasonable arguments that counter theirs, Martin Conway responded:

That is a totally unacceptable comment. It is disgraceful.

Lorraine Clifford Lee, who once complained of having to sit beside a ‘black, Brazilian dwarf’ on a Dublin Bus, claimed that she found these comments ‘shameful’.

Sharon Keogan's statement on Sinn Féin's bill to suppress abortion protests, pointing out its origin among special interest groups whose seemingly anti-Christian agendas would see the banning of prayer in designated areas.

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Senator Martin Conway then laughably claimed, with no evidence, that they were ‘praying in women’s faces’, although there are no photographs of women attending abortion appointments even within the vicinity of such prayer events.

When Sharon Keoghan compared the treatment of these Catholics by pro Orange Order Sinn Fein to that of Kevin Barry, male Senator Martin Conway snarled menacingly ‘you need to be interrupted’. Sinn Fein Senator Niall O’ Donnghaile then joined the pile on against Keoghan said ‘Hear, Hear’.

Clifford Lee then mocked Irish hero Kevin Barry by claiming:

Kevin Barry would’ve been pro choice.

Senator Lisa Chambers, who voters made clear that they did not want representing them last year, then also bragged of the Seanad’s abortion imperialism in Poland before claiming:

Do not protest at innocent citizens who are accessing services that are legal.

Ronan Mullen then pointed out that such a ban on Catholics praying against abortion would be unconstitutional.

Ronan Mullen in response to Sinn Féin's bill to remove the right to peaceful protest from anti-abortion activists, pointing out its discriminatory and unconstitutional nature.

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The debate fizzled into farce ultimately with a rambling and largely irrelevant contribution from Fintan Warfield.

Fintan Warfield adds a somewhat rambling addition to Sinn Féin's attempt to prevent Catholics from praying peacefully near abortion centres. pic.twitter.com/UQ6LTakQaT

— JRD (@JRD0000) November 10, 2021

Newry Rosary Rally Draws Large Crowds

In October of this year, Catholic men in Northern Ireland began the process of organising men’s Rosary Rallies.

These powerful public displays of faith have really taken off in Poland in the past number of years, with regular crowds throbbing the streets of Warsaw and other major cities.

The next event will take place on the 4th December in Belfast at 1pm.

You can watch a video of today’s event below.

Sinn Fein Want 12th of July to be National Holiday

British political party Sinn Fein have become increasingly pro Unionist in their outlook in recent years, so much as recently accepting Westminster rule in order to deliver abortion into Northern Ireland.

The party, who are led in the South of Ireland by South Dublin’s Mary Lou McDonald, have even suggested rejoining the Commonwealth in recent years. They have simultaneously become increasingly anti Catholic, even trying to ban Catholics from praying near abortion clinics.

Now, Mary Lou McDonald has doubled down on a previously professed openness to making anti Catholic holiday the 12th of July a national holiday.

Speaking on the topic of a United Ireland today, pro Commonwealth McDonald actually stated that Sinn Fein would consider binning the Irish anthem, binning the flag and making the anti Catholic day a public holiday to appease the Orange Order:

“What about the anthem? What about the flag? What about a public holiday for the Twelfth of July, which I think is a good idea.”

On the 12th of July each year, anti Catholic and psuedo Masonic group the Orange Order march to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne, when Protestant King William of Orange’s men were successful against Catholic King James. The 12th of July each year sees Protestants march with the Orange Order through Catholic areas in a move designed to confront and intimidate them in their places of residence, continuing the tradition that has celebrated anti Catholicism since the 1600s and which glorifies not just the penal laws, but also the life and work of genocidal leader Oliver Cromwell and his various massacres.

Fine Gael Senator Neale Richmond drew controversy earlier this year after an historic photo emerged of him at an Orange Order parade where Oliver Cromwell was being commemorated only yards away. Richmond has not apologised for the deeply offensive photograph.

Every Catholic, every person from Drogheda, every person from Wexford

Should be calling for the resignation of Neale Richmond and his expulsion form public life after seeing these images

Those who honour genocide and slavery have no place in the Dail pic.twitter.com/7nDNgDPK06

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) March 1, 2021

Sinn Fein are currently riding high in the polls in Ireland, with many naive ‘Catholics’ and ‘Nationalists’ convinced that the party, who now have more in common with the Orange Order than with their own voters, are going to deliver some Irish Catholic utopia.

It is quite clear from Ms. McDonald’s recent behaviour that Sinn Fein have absolutely no such intention.

In fact, they would rather enshrine a holiday where hatred of the Catholic faith and celebration of their persecution is widespread. At some point the Celtic fan portion of Catholicism has to wake up realise that they have bought into a political party that reviles them deeply.