Ciannait Khan | Contributing Writer Studies done in 2012 showed that Ireland was abandoning religion faster than almost any other country in the world. In 2006, 69 per cent of Irish people described themselves as religious, a number which had dropped to 47 per cent merely six years later. For those of us who grew up here, such statistics are superfluous. It doesn’t take an expert in Irish sociology to notice, or understand, the downward trajectory that religion has taken here in recent decades. One glance at Father Ted and its incredible resonance with the Irish people sums it up quite nicely. The mistakes made … Continue reading Falling Out With Religion