Attitudes to Church in Ireland Are ‘Deeply Divided’ According to New Poll – Cameroon Intelligence Report

Ireland: survey reveals not encouraging attitudes of the population towards the Catholic Church and the clergy - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Dublín, 05.22.2025).- Ireland’s historical heart beats with Catholic rhythm, but the nation’s spiritual pulse in 2025 reveals a complex and fractured beat. A new survey commissioned by the Iona Institute paints a picture of a country no longer unified in its views on the Catholic Church—a country where reverence has become reservation, and where nostalgia competes with disillusionment. The poll, conducted by Amarach Research and li…

Attitudes to Church in Ireland are ‘deeply divided’ according to new Poll – Cameroon Intelligence Report

In Ireland, a new study says attitudes towards the Church are “deeply divided” in the once deeply Catholic country. A poll commissioned by The Iona Institute shows the Irish public are almost evenly divided in their attitudes towards priests and nuns with almost exactly a third in each case viewing them positively, a third negatively, with the rest neutral. “Our research comes at a time of considerable change in Irish society: Not surprisingly, …

New poll shows huge opportunity for Church to reach young people - The Irish Catholic

A leading professor in the sociology of religion has said that the Church in Ireland has a “great opportunity” to bring the message of the Gospel and Christianity in an attractive way to new generations who “search for meaning” online. Speaking to The Irish Catholic after the release of an Amárach poll showing a disconnect between young people and the Church, Gladys Ganiel, Professor in the Sociology of Religion at Queen’s University Belfast, sa…