Steven Smyrl
5 results

Presbyterian Church trying to retrospectively justify homophobia
- Opinion
- February 23, 2021, 06:00
The mother of the late RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane was a devout Roman Catholic, a daily Mass goer, who never questioned church authority until she(...)

Government must address anti-discrimination laws, says Norris
- Religion & Beliefs
- December 1, 2019, 20:44
The Government must revisit laws which allow churches discriminate against people, Senator David Norris has said. The recent removal of an organist (...)

Liberal Irish Presbyterians dismayed by conservatism
- Opinion
- November 26, 2019, 05:00
The Presbyterian Church has published a new book titled Considering Grace: Presbyterians and the Troubles which tells the moving story of 120 people’s(...)

Deep rifts over Presbyterian Church’s hard line on same-sex marriage
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 21, 2019, 01:00
The recent dismissal of a Dublin-based Presbyterian Church elder is the latest example of a particularly hard line taken by the church against same-se(...)

Removal of Dublin electoral database unwarranted
- Opinion
- August 22, 2016, 06:20
On Friday, August 12th, as part of research into an ongoing intestacy matter, I searched Dublin City Library and Archive’s (DCLA) online historic ele(...)