A deluded creature of immeasurable ignorance….a Vatican drone.

The irony of a Catholic driven association appealing to the morality of a con man, thief, adulterer, and all around criminal thug and his criminal associates in Govt.

Hard to take the stuff in the letter seriously, this reminds me of Poe’s law, which states that a parody of religous fundamentalists is usually impossible to tell apart from real fundamentalists.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe’s_Law

How anyone can uphold the values this woman held in such high esteem once you know the harm and damage it caused in our society is beyond me! These values of putting an institution ahead of a human beings dignity and even Jesus ‘s words of let those who have not sinned throw the first stone! I suggest people understand that it is still a mortal sin according to the catholic church for an unmarried mother to carry a child to full term the same mortal sin that applies to contraception. Priorities people!!! A man who rapes a woman or a child can be absolved as long as he promises to TRY to never reoffend. It’s a man’s world in the church lets leave it there and promote equality outside its “hallowed ” halls

The irony is that she decries “career women” yet made a rather successful career for herself as the founder and chief of several different organisations and was a prolific writer. Her long-time friend and fellow God-botherer Meena Cribben was actually postmistress of the Santry Post Office until 2009 – sounds like she also enjoyed a career of her own!

(As an interesting aside, Cribben’s son was arrested in 1986 for aggrevated bugulary and posession of firearms. She was also reported in 2009 to have given financial and legal support to the Roscommon woman who was convicted of incest and sexual assault: Good old-fashioned Catholic family values alright!)

It’s easy to laugh at such a ridiculous letter but what a nasty bitter cow. It must have been awful living in a country where people with such attitudes had influence.

As someone who hopes to be a ‘carrer’ woman, I’m glad that women who are so against women’s rights are much fewer in number nowadays. I’d love to ask her why it’s so reprehensible for a woman to aspirations other than baby-maker/ cooker/ cleaner/ dishwasher.

Another sex-obsessed catholic zealot, unfortunately there are still many older women in Ireland who would rather see their own sex enslaved and subordinated and society as a whole to be non-thinking drones for the church, always laugh at how the minority claim to speak for the majority

Has she not got something to do with the youth defence . Figures really

Isn’t this the same woman who referred to
The pro divorce campaign as a bunch of wife swapping sodomites !! …

There are about a dozen clones of her advocating that we let more women die in order to appease their ultra-Catholic dogma.

This woman is a stain on Irish society, and an enemy of progress and civil liberties.

Exactly, one of the most shocking interference by this deluded and negative woman

Ah, that’s gas!

Poor Una needed a bit of lovin’

In some circumstances things haven’t changed, I often hear a lot of women saying they’d love to go back to work but couldn’t afford the childcare or are refused unemployment benifit because their husbands/partners are working which of course leaves the man in control of the money, I would imagine its very degrading to have to ask someone for money but you’d be amazed at how many women and in fairness men that have to do it. You don’t get paid to be a stay at home parent and raise the future generation. I’ve also wondered if a family are on unemployed benifit does the money still go straight in the mans name? Leaving him once again in control of the finances or is it split in both names. No need to attack me I was raised in the 80′s with unemployed parents for the majority of it, (like a lot of Irish), my father would often drink the money and my mother would bring us to relations to be fed so I know all about the reality of the 80′s!!

GUBU indeed :-(

Bring back calor housewife of the year . What a great show.

I am open to correction but are not this woman’s children also pro-life agitators?

Down with that sort of thing!

It is very interesting to observe in late 2012 how the RC fundamentalists were able to manipulate the politicians at a time of such political instability back in 1982 . It shows how a well connected and coherent minority, supported by the RC hierarchy, successfully foisted in the people an unnecessary and life threatening Constitutional amendment, Article 40.3.3 , by means of the Eight Amendment.

It is a pity that we will not see the 1983 papers until late next year when we really need to see them now.

The “Mistresses” reference is very dated, but her point about the state paying for single mothers is still relevant today.

Don’t get me wrong here. Most of the single mothers I know are career women who have never looked for a penny from the state, but there is a culture where young women have children in order to get a free house, and have the state pay for everything.

You can bury your head in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist, but it’s not going away. It won’t go away until the government brings in measures to prevent both unwanted pregnancies (abortion, proper sex education etc.) and stricter guidelines on who gets the free house.

If it was up to me, you would have to be literally living on the streets before you got a council house (unless you are a married or co-habiting couple who genuinely cannot afford a mortgage).

Don’t want to get knocked up by someone on a one night stand? Make him wear a condom and make sure that you have taken your contraceptive pill. It’s that simple.
Also, condoms should be free like they are up North. Walk into a clinic, grab a handful and ride away.

How many mistresses did Charlie have ? He doesn’t strike me as a man who would have one of anything.

Very good article! And i actually agree with a few of the statements made in it! Different not better times, but society could do with a refresher course!

Some of her comments may seem a little dated now.
However, she wasn’t far off the mark and as time will show she will be shown to be right in many of her views.

‘Career women’ please feel free to red-thumb as you would be expected to do

An Bean made some valid points but her attitude was bigoted and sadly typical of that era, as a consequence of our 1937 Constitution regarding women’s place in the home. This Article remains but is considered aspirational and doesnt seem to have any bearing on womens rights. Otherwise chlidcare provision would be a priority for women needing/choosing to work outside the home and women who remain at home to care for families would be recognised and supported. Membership of the EU facilitated a more liberal approach. However, consider the recent budget in relation to Mothers. State papers highlight the importance of history as a living subject in schools.