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        <title>Drug injection sites considered for Cork and Limerick</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Plans to open drug &#8216;shooting galleries&#8217; in Cork and Limerick are being considered by the Irish Government, pending evaluation of Dublin’s pilot scheme.
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        <title>Dáil passes Sinn Féin Bill to end key abortion safeguard</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/sinn-fein-bill-ends-key-abortion-safeguard/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[TDs have voted to scrap Ireland’s three-day reflection period for an abortion.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Man who lost £100k warns of gambling harms ahead of the World Cup</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/man-who-lost-100k-warns-of-gambling-harms-ahead-of-the-world-cup/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A man who lost £100,000 due to sports betting has warned about the harms of gambling ahead of the FIFA World Cup.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Link to explicit LGBT book removed from RTÉ’s KIDS Book Club</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[RTÉ has removed a link to a site promoting explicit content from its &#8216;pride month&#8217; KIDS Book Club webpage.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Radical abortion proposals voted down by TDs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Extreme proposals to further liberalise Ireland’s abortion law amid “skyrocketing” figures have been voted down.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘The abortion debate is not  over in Ireland’ as crowds March for Life in Dublin</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thousands of people called on Ireland to &#8216;change course&#8217; on abortion at the March for Life in Dublin this Bank Holiday.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Five Brits per month consider assisted suicide at Swiss clinic</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Around five Brits per month enquire about ending their lives at a Swiss clinic, it has been revealed.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 12:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Róisín Murphy: &#039;Friendships collapsed over puberty blocker criticism&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Singer Róisín Murphy has spoken out for the first time about how her world grew &#8220;very dark&#8221; after being cancelled for criticising puberty blockers.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Extreme&#039; abortion proposals introduced into Dáil</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The leader of the Social Democrats has come under fire for proposing to further liberalise Ireland&#8217;s abortion law amid &#8220;skyrocketing&#8221; figures.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Employees outraged over Irish power company&#039;s pro-trans policy</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/employees-outraged-over-irish-power-companys-pro-trans-policy/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Female employees have urged Ireland&#8217;s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) to stop allowing men to use women&#8217;s changing rooms.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ireland drug offences hit five-year peak</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ireland-drug-offences-hit-five-year-peak/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The number of people charged for possession of illegal drugs in the Republic of Ireland hit a five-year high in 2025, according to new figures.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish Govt pumps extra €1.5m into promoting ‘LGBT’ agenda</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Equality Minister Norma Foley has announced €1.5m in new money in pursuit of the Government’s “National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy”.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>EU appoints Irish politician to promote religious freedom</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mairead McGuinness has been named as the European Union’s new Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) outside the EU.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Lawmakers raise alarm over increase of coerced abortion cases in Ireland</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/lawmakers-raise-alarm-over-increase-of-coerced-abortion-cases-in-ireland/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Politicians have called on the Irish Government to tackle the “alarming” rise in coerced abortions.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ireland urged not to legislate on assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Assisted suicide laws “put vulnerable people at risk” and should not be countenanced in Ireland, a Senator has warned.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Activists attempt to sideline religious teaching in Ireland&#039;s church schools</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Primary school children who attend denominational schools in Ireland should no longer be taught religious instruction during school hours, an activist has claimed.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish Govt ‘health-led’ drugs strategy will downgrade enforcement</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Government has launched a consultation on plans to decriminalise Ireland’s drug laws for personal use.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish court imprisons man for unlawful killing of unborn child</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A man who forced his girlfriend to take abortion pills that killed her nine-week-old unborn baby has been jailed at Letterkenny Circuit Court.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Women in Ireland value reflection period before abortion&#039;, says columnist</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Waiting three days before proceeding with an abortion is a &#8220;vital window for reflection&#8221;, a columnist has emphasised.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pro-abortion TD launches new assault on three-day reflection period</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Bill to dismantle the three-day reflection period before having an abortion has been launched in the Dáil.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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