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Think Roman Catholicism in Ireland or Poland.
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She perhaps relies too heavily on John Whyte's important (but flawed) work on Catholicism in Ireland, north and south, and perhaps lacks the rather brutal political equipment needed to work out the murky deals that resulted in the Good Friday Agreement, of which she thoroughly approves.
ECONOMIST: Irish history
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Decades since Ireland won its independence, Catholicism is waning in Ireland.
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With Catholicism's importance in Ireland waning - church membership is shrinking and there are fewer priests entering the profession - might Ireland be witnessing a gradual shift in public opinion, catalysed by the Savita Halappanavar case?
BBC: Ireland shifts as abortion debate flares
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According to Fintan O'Toole, columnist at the Irish Times, the softening of the public stance on abortion seems to reflect, in part, this weakening grip of Catholicism in the Republic of Ireland following the Church's child abuse scandal.
BBC: Ireland shifts as abortion debate flares