Ireland takes steps to offset damage of a potential ‘no deal’ Brexit
Proposed legislation aims to prop up Irish businesses and ensure that citizens can still get health care and pension payments in the U.K. after Brexit.
Pope denounces Irish forced adoptions after victims’ appeal
Pope Francis on Sunday denounced how Irish children were "robbed of their innocence and taken from their mothers" by Catholic-run institutions that put them up for adoption to erase the shame of having been born to unwed mothers.
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August 25, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode
On this edition for Saturday, August 25, Pope Francis acknowledges the Church’s failure to address clergy abuse in his address in Dublin, and scientists study what the world’s oceans looked like before plastic and chemical pollution. Also, looking at potential…
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In Ireland, Pope acknowledges Church’s failure to address abuse
The first papal visit to Ireland in almost 40 years was marked by protests over the sexual abuse of children by clergy. In his address to the deeply Catholic country, Pope Francis acknowledged that Church authorities failed to “adequately address…
The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Francis is expected to meet with victims of sexual abuse during his weekend visit to Ireland and speak out about the problem.
On this edition for Saturday, May 26, Maine will be the first state in the country to use a ranked-choice voting system during its primary election next month. Later, author Alex Vitale makes a case in his new book for…
Abortion rights activists proclaimed victory for social justice Saturday as exit polls and early results indicated Ireland had voted overwhelmingly to repeal a 1983 constitutional ban on abortions.
In historically religious Ireland, the voting booths are in churches. But this is not the same country once dominated by Catholicism. A new constitutional amendment up for vote on Friday would allow Parliament to legalize unrestricted abortion during the first…
Irish citizens will head to the polls Friday for a nationwide referendum that could repeal a constitutional ban on abortion.
