Stella O'Malley on the cowardice of the Irish media

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Really blistering article from Stella O'Malley on the failure of the Irish media (particularly the Irish Times and RTE) to report on the trans issue. It's in the Irish Catholic (one of the few publications in Ireland that will run these type of articles).

It's a familiar and depressing tale of capitulation by organisations following bullying by trans activists. The Irish Times is now in a reflective mood about Woke 1.0, and Stella isn't having it.

Not sure if those on X will be able to read this. Are there any alternatives to Nitter?

https://x.com/stellaomalley3/status/2095532646839271615

Add to that, fewer births.

But I wonder if there are any statists regarding death rates durning delivery for baby and/or mother?

I think, unfortunately, some women don’t fully inform themselves of the risks involved when it comes to free-birthing.

Maybe, but you'd have to assume someone who has chosen what amounts to quite a radical path ( without even a midwife) has done a lot research. Staff being excessively risk averse is what has led to so many disastrous consequences for so many women giving birth in hospitals.

Every time we leave the house there are risks. There are risks involved in most actions or decisions. I assume that the free birthing, in this instance, went well - and without undue complication?

Yes, thankfully. From what she’s said though (not much) I don’t think she’d make the same choice again. She was unprepared for the reality of it, I think. She was very young (though an adult) and idealistic.

In the latest MBRRACE-UK Perinatal Mortality Surveillance Report (covering births in 2024) published in June 2026, the overall stillbirth rate dropped to 3.2 per 1000 births. Intrapartum stillbirth historically accounts for a small fraction of that number. Google the report for the exact number but I think it is around 5 percent.

The UK doesn't publish a standalone statistic for just the intrapartum period. Instead, they report the maternal mortality rate, which includes deaths occurring anytime during pregnancy, delivery, or up to 42 days postpartum. The overall UK maternal death rate stands at 12.80 per 100,000 maternities for 2022-2024; with 252 women dying from direct or indirect causes during pregnancy or within 42 days following birth. This figure is 20 percent higher than levels reported in the 2009 - 2011 period. The MBRRACE-UK report details more information if you are interested.

This is interesting information but the thread was not started to discuss maternal mortality rates, it's to discuss Stella O'Malley's article. If you're keen on continuing the discussion of maternal mortality/safety in childbirth, perhaps a separate thread would make more sense to prevent derailing/confusion on this thread.

I was responding to a question someone asked me, not attempting to derail the thread. Which I am perfectly entitled to do.🙂It is rather amusing to me that you think you get to police what strangers on the internet discuss. People can make their own judgement about whether a contribution is relevant without you appointing yourself the thread moderator.

Okay, suit yourself. I'll just ignore the extraneous info.

It’sa great article and I think it’s interesting that the Irish Catholic is choosing to publish Stella and other sex realists. As far as I know, the Catholic Church hasn’t been great in general on these issues, but this particular publication has been ?

Joe Duffy perfectly illustrating the stranglehold TRASs have on the Irish media

https://www.independent.ie/videos/joe-duffy-on-the-fallout-from-2022s-programmes-on-the-transgender-issue-accusations-from-tds-and-the-reaction-from-his-rte-bosses/a/163508826.html?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=x

Discussed about 3 and a half minutes in on the embedded video. After discussing it on his show in 2022, he thought his career was over.

By 'these issues' do you mean transgenderism/gender ideology?

Unlike many Christian churches, the Catholic church is resolutely against the concept of transgenderism - with the usual 'but not trans people, of course' rider.

It sees a person's biological sex as something inherent to how god created them, and to be respected not messed about with.
I'm paraphrasing obvs, here's are some proper quotes:
Constituting the person’s being, the soul and the body both participate in the dignity that characterizes every human. Moreover, the body participates in that dignity as it is endowed with personal meanings, particularly in its sexed condition.
..
in recent decades, attempts have been made to introduce new rights that are neither fully consistent with those originally defined nor always acceptable. They have led to instances of ideological colonization, in which gender theory plays a central role; the latter is extremely dangerous since it cancels differences in its claim to make everyone equal...
Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on Human Dignity (2 April 2024)

I like 'new rights that are neither fully consistent with those originally defined nor always acceptable.'
Very succinct. I also like 'ideological colonization.

Joe Duffy is a coward. He hosted 3 days of reasonable conversation and then allowed RTE to censor the show. He could have done the right thing.

I found the full interview on pressreader.com:

https://www.pressreader.com/search/all?aid=281956024778112
https://archive.ph/Z57FU

And Estelle Birdy just published a piece about the episodes and the background to them:

https://estellebirdy.substack.com/p/once-upon-a-time-on-rte

Perhaps he was cowardly not to ever revisit the topic, but he's not the first journalist to back off from the unhinged vitriol of TRAs. Hopefully his book will open a few people's eyes.

That was an interesting read, thank you. I'm Irish but living in Terf island. I vaguely know what goes on in the Irish media, but I didn't know the extent of the madness in the backstory to this. No wonder people are scared into silence. Things do seem particularly batshit in Ireland, but things were the same here a few years ago, so there is hope. Things are slowly being turned around here, albeit with a lot of pushback. Even t BBC is attempting some balance now.