Talk:Noel Browne

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A small point of history:

The inference in the text is that Noel Browne was refused the Labour Party nomination in 1973.

I attended the Labour Party selection conference for Dublin South East constituency before the election in 1973. Fine Gael and Labour had already agreed to fight that election as the National Coalition. Noel Browne was in essence offered the opportunity to stand but refused, basically because he was unwilling to work with Fine Gael in any form after the Mother & Child saga. The selection conference then proceeded to nominate Ruairi Quinn as the candidate.

[edit] Mother and Child Scheme

The Mother and Child Scheme points to this article - it was a significant event in the history of the Republic of Ireland. I intend to demerge the material, from this article, and create an article in its own right. Any comments? Djegan 22:56, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Excellent idea. Palmiro | Talk 14:08, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Agree (Gnevin 16:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC))

Done. Djegan 00:01, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Relationship with Catholic Church

He seems to have had overt problems with the Mother and Child Scheme. But other more minor events seems to suggest he was already in conflict with some of the sectarian requirements of the Catholic Church in Ireland. He attended Trinity College, Dublin which the Church generally prohibited at the time, and apparently attended the funeral of the first President of Ireland Douglas Hyde at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, again prohibited to Catholics. Was he excommunicated? Or just distrusted? --Henrygb 20:08, 11 March 2006 (UTC)