TOM GARVIN

The state inherited a tradition of alienation from government combined with an equally ingrained tradition of passive dependence on government aid.

The Catholic Church has progressively estranged the intellectual class … and has deprived itself as well as Ireland of that vitality both so desperately need by almost forcing the talented intellectual to seek his fortunes in some other country.

The Catholic Church has progressively estranged the intellectual class … and has deprived itself as well as Ireland of that vitality both so desperately need by almost forcing the talented intellectual to seek his fortunes in some other country.

The state inherited a tradition of alienation from government combined with an equally ingrained tradition of passive dependence on government aid.