In a thought-provoking booklet, Desmond Fennell responds to Vincent Twomeys book on Irish Catholicism. CONTENTS Reflecting the situation Clarifying the situation Towards a grasp of the present situation The change of rules Christians and the change of rules Fundamentalist liberalism in Ireland The mass media Democracy and pluralism Modernity and the Irish Church Irish exceptionalism The language environment The paedophilia scandals The foods the Irish need