David Quinn, Director, Iona Institute on Ireland’s Modern Secular Catastrophe
Catholic Church bashing has replaced “Brit-bashing” in modern Ireland, according to David Quinn of Ireland’s Iona Institute in episode one of Life On Planet Earth. Quinn explains to host John Aidan Byrne how rampant anti-Catholicism has engulfed Ireland where many Irish politicians, once proud of the Irish Catholic identify, are now fearful of public rebuke if they speak up for the Church. Quinn, a prolific writer and columnist for the Sunday Times and Irish Catholic, is a social commentator and conservative activist. He is the author of How We Killed God: and Other Tales of Modern Ireland. In this episode Quinn also explains how Ireland recently lost the pro-life Eighth Amendment that led to the legalization of abortion in Ireland. And Quinn explains why he has a certain sympathy for voters who pulled the plug in favor of Brexit and the UK’s decision to exit the European Union.