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A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY of Irish people want abortion legalised in cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormality but there is far less appetite for legalised abortion in all cases.
An IPSOS/MRBI poll published in today’s Irish Times quizzed people on their views on the Eighth Amendment ahead of the first meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly next week.
The assembly is due to consider a number of constitutional matters including the Eighth Amendment, which provides constitutional protection to the unborn.
Asked in the poll whether they supported a repeal of the Eighth Amendment, 55% were in favour of repeal in cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormality, 19% were in favour in all cases when requested by the woman (similar to the UK) and 18% were not in favour of a repeal.
Just 8% of people had no opinion on the issue.
The poll suggests that the vast majority of Irish people (74%) want Ireland’s abortion regime changed in some way.
The poll also found that men and women feel largely the same on the issue with women marginally more likely to favour keeping the Eighth Amendment.
In terms of political party allegiance, supporters of Fianna Fáil are the most likely (27%) to favour keeping the status quo.
Between 18-19% of supporters of the other three main parties, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Labour, also want to keep the Eighth Amendment.
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Ramadan in Ireland with Irish Summer Daylight hours.
I feel for you!
Thanks man!
Yes another Ramadan every year we wait for Ramadan so let’s say welcome and happy Ramadan…..
Keep hydrated.
Bit like lent, is it?
Nothing like lent. Not allowed to drink, eat, smoke or even swallow ones own saliva. I am in Saudi and will fast during office hours which are shortened and productivity will be very low. Ramadan Kareem!
Women. Forced to wear the equivalents of blankets. In the 21st Century.
In practical sense, you can go out in pajamas underneath the abaya. If you couldn’t be bothered putting makeup you just cover face and stick large sunglasses. You can be ready to leave house in 2 minutes compared to the average of 45 minutes it takes an average woman to select clothes, put war paint on and fix hair (then repeat all as the desired effect was not achieved).
Secondly, it is not a blanket, most have designs and are quite comfortable in the middle eastern heat.
You are allowed to but only after breaking your fast not during fast hours.
Millions of Muslims start month-long Ramadan.
My mate Dan’s terrified.
god allah yahweh buddha…whatever. it’s all just different takes on the same fairytale nonsense
Except that Buddha was not and is not a god. He was a human being with absolutely no divine powers. He may be the focus of worship for some believers, but even they recognise he’s not a god.
Had great skin by all accounts
@Brian ok fair point, he’s not a deity in the gandalf-sitting-on-a-cloud sense, but he/she/they do have a fair few golden statues and worshippers knocking around. then there’s all the backstory about reincarnation and awakening, nirvana, the path to enlightenment etc etc. plus all the usuals: ritualistic ceremonies, lots of candles, repetitive chants, ornate costumes, funny hats…
not exactly based on science and logic now is it?? i’ll stick with the sun-worship methinks, the Great Lord Sol is very pleaseth with his adherents today!
Is this why there isn’t that many Muslims in Alaska, sure they’d never eat
I’ve a friend in work who I asked about this once, he said if the day is longer than 18 hours then you are allowed to observe it on Mecca time.
So 17.5 hours must be a killer
According to Census 2011 there are 48,150 Muslim’s in Ireland.
With a comment like that Brian, one of you is too many…
My people have been in Ireland for well over one thousand years. Can you say the same for yours?
Yes actually… Not everyone in Ireland agrees with your Neanderthal, racist, bigoted and backward views. You probably changed your name to the Irish version to appear more “authentic” Irish.
What do you think of those relations of yours, the Kennedys, (Joe and Co), those economic immigrants to the USA. Too many Irish was the racist chant from the resident community at that time, in fact the Kennedys set up base on Cape Cod in order to access golf and social clubs denied to them in Boston and Washington by racists.
Anyway, your family wouldn’t be in Ireland at all but for us….The story’s been passed down the generations in my family that my ancestor Niall of the Nine Hostages, ( you may have heard of him), found ye floating on your own sc¥m somewhere in the Bay of Biscay while he was on his way back from visiting his good friends the Moors of Eastern Spain, and, being a good Muslim, showed pity on ye and brought ye to Ireland, you ungrateful wretch…
I also note that you’re an economic migrant yourself to Africa above all places. Bet you keep your nasty bigoted views to yourself there…
John, you are a complete ignorant arsehole, probably first generation of your family educated.
Not true actually.. Personally I have three degrees, education, administration and law…Slightly more substantial than your ” Diploma in inland transport” (truck drivin’) ya gobsh!te…
Anyway…may Allah protect you from yourself….
I have a lot more than that and done a lot more than you ever will.
…Obviously not much English though…
It’s, “…and did a lot more…”, or, “… I’ve done”, or, “…have done…”.
See- you’d three ways you could get it right and you still failed…
We should have left your crowd floating on their own detritus in the Bay of Biscay…”
When any of you can say that you have done any of the following then you may say that I am a racist;
tweaked apartheid laws to employ black staff and pay them the same as their white counterparts;
Paid for a young black boy all the way through secondary school;
commanded Christian, of many denominations, Hindu and Muslim soldiers and slept with my Indian soldiers in the bush; nominated against opposition, the first Indian candidate officer in the South African Army.
If you’ve mixed with and worked alongside people of different religions and racial backgrounds, why then make the nasty, anti-Islam comment at the start?
Simple question. You sound like a tolerant, open-minded individual from your last comment, but your first comment contradicts that completely.
If it was a stupid, throw- away comment, not intended as your true sentiments towards people of a different faith than you, why not say so.
If it was intended as an insult against Islam, say so and expand on why you think that way.
I wrote English as it is spoken here. I speak three languages. How many do you speak?
So to summarise…you don’t hate people necessarily because of their skin colour, just because of their religion…
Oh we’ll that’s o.k. then I suppose…
In your twisted world.
By the way, you actually haven’t said that you’re not a racist…
I take it that you are the alter ego of Misty Pixie.
Please answer a simple question without your usual diatribe. Are you muslim? just yes or no will suffice.
I don’t have to say that I am not a racist. I think that my previous remarks illustrate that.
Misty Pixie is actually my dog, and she’s also disgusted with your attitude towards 1.57 billion people in the world today, just because of their religion.
You ask whether I’m Muslim or not. No I’m not.
I know many Muslims and have been privileged enough to be able to call some of them my friends.
Like some Christians there are some very unsavoury characters in the Muslim community, but to loathe all because of the actions of a few goes against all moral principals, irregardless of the religion.
It is sad to have to say this, but I’ve found that Muslims are more upright,honest and polite than many “Christians” I know.
I’ve also met, debated and argued with many a radical, religious fanatic….
most of them have been Catholic though…
Keep it up and you will be known as St John with the dog.
lol..
And you’ll be known as O’Cinneide the Merciless Mercenary…
I think at this stage Brian, we’ll have to agree to differ in our opinions regarding Islam.
I was in Algiers years ago for ramadam. We brought beef from Ireland to Algiers & these poor arabs had to unload all this beef on very hot days while fasting. I really felt for them & still do as we now have enough scientific evidence to know there is no abrahamic god. Its all a fairy tale.
Can’t be healthy not taking any liquids for 18 hours especially in this weather !!
Wouldn’t like to be called Dan at the moment.
is Ramadan at the same time every year of does it vary like Easter?
Varies… Islamic feasts and holy days follow the lunar calendar. Easter is the only Christian feast that follows the lunar calendar also. Therefore Easter along with Ramadan changes each year.
The month of Ramadan is a month based on a lunar calendar, which is about 355 days a year, that’s why it goes backwards every year when we check on our calendar (solar), I am not sure if it’s clear enough.
It’s 10days earlier each year
No, it shifts according to Hijri calendar which is some 20 days shorter so it falls at different times and shifts with time.
10 days, not 20. Typo thx to iPhone
Most of the Taxi drivers from tomorrow will be hungry until the sunset.
Muslim taxi drivers? Where do you live?
They better figure it out fast.
They’ll be sweating in that gear, god love them!
What we think of as traditional Arab dress is worn in the region for a very good reason………it keeps the wearer, relatively, cool and protects them from the ravages of the Sun. Explained to me many years ago by a friend from Bahrain.
Ever thought why women tend to wear dresses in Summer ? Partly the same reason……..airflow. Righto lads, all off to the kilt shop.
Unfortunately!
It’s around the same time but not a set date…
A pointless exercise in religious bravado, like the Shiites whipping themselves to a bloody pulp and Catholics in the Philippines having themselves nailed to a cross…………the silly season.
Sure it’s only penance , we have it for ever. So what
Not me leo, i like my grub!
That’d be the conspiracy itself, like Easter. Where’d all the eggs go?
The conspiracy theory is that FIFA have moved it to the summer due to pressure from football teams with Muslim players
Especially for majid hasan… http://www.diabetes.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/RAMADAN_DIABETES.pdf do you think I would post a comment without reading it somewhere first
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