RESPONDING to a report by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency, Health Minister Mary Harney made a case for contraception to be available for girls as young as 11. The report revealed that girls aged 11-14 years are involved in sexual relationships and that pregnancies are possible in that age group. "I think we have to deal with the reality and the consequences of that," said Harney. … [Read more...] about News In Brief
October November 2005 Issue
Muted Response to IRA Statement
July's announcement that the IRA was ending its military campaign drew a muted response from political quarters north and south of the Irish border. Although the statement was potentially historic by calling on IRA activists to unconditionally dump arms, unionist politicians again reacted skeptically to how decommissioning would take place and be independently verified. The … [Read more...] about Muted Response to IRA Statement
Matt Dillon in Galway
Hollywood actor Matt Dillon was recently in Galway for the Arts Festival. He brought a film he is extremely proud of, City of Ghosts. Dillon wrote, directed and stars in the film along with James Caan and Gerard Depardieu. The movie is about a con man (Dillon) who travels to Cambodia to collect his share from an insurance scam. Since the movie did not do well in the United … [Read more...] about Matt Dillon in Galway
Mortas Cine
Publisher Niall O'Dowd Reflects Back On The Past 20 Years ♦ I will be forever grateful to this magazine for the incredible opportunities it has given to me over the past twenty years to meet, interview and become friends with some of the most amazing people on this earth. "I am a part of all that I have met," Tennyson wrote, and in my case it has made me a much better … [Read more...] about Mortas Cine
The Past 20 Years: Changes In Ireland
In eleven years we will reach the centenary of the 1916 Rising, the revolutionary crucible of present-day Ireland. Independence did not arrive until 1922 -- along with partition and the seeds of Northern conflict -- but at this stage we are at least four generations into modern statehood. Shouldn't 83 years be long enough for us to know where we are and, even possibly, where … [Read more...] about The Past 20 Years: Changes In Ireland