Breda O'Brien

We should be thankful people still want to be teachers, instead of making it almost impossible for them to live while training

Breda O’Brien: The real headline is not the decline of Catholicism but the subtle and not-so-subtle ways our society is being shaped by the object of veneration that is replacing it - capitalism

Breda O’Brien: There should be more to life than being manipulated by algorithms to consume more

Embarrassing as it is, research shows children want their parents to speak to them about pornography

Breda O’Brien: Teenagers, not known for their extensive fact-checking or emotional balance, are expected to train Snapchat’s My AI monster for free

Let’s stop presuming bad faith. The gulf between those who are pro-choice and pro-life isn’t as wide as it sometimes appears

Women are being failed on systemic level, leading some to feel that their only, despairing choice is abortion

Breda O’Brien: Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium are troubling indicators of what could happen in Ireland

Where people were raised by people with visible, sincere, practical faith, they were far less likely to lose their faith in God

Francis is earnestly trying to provide a moral compass, an antidote to the individualism and consumerism that is posing an undeniable threat to our shared, fragile planet

The Burke family are far from representative of the diverse homeschool movement, which in some cases can be far more effective than school

Church must offer an alterative to contemporary values if it wants to help teenagers grappling with anxiety and frightening levels of meaninglessness

Referendum is likely to devalue the work of mothers and fathers even more, by subsuming their specific roles into a generic caring role

Are women being informed about all their options - such as continuing a pregnancy or considering adoption - by State-provided services?

Breda O’Brien: It is not enough for Kate Forbes to be talented. She must also avoid thoughtcrime