Joe McCarroll
Joe McCarroll is a former conservative campaigner in Ireland. He has campaigned against abortion, same-sex marriage and divorce. McCarroll was a lecturer in ethics in Clonliffe College, Dublin. He also worked as an education officer with responsibility for school attendance, for Dublin Corporation. He was part of the editorial group of The Brandsma Review. McCarroll also had a book, Is the school around the corner just the same, published by Brandsma Books. He also contributed to other publications and newspapers.
Education
McCarroll earned a Master of Arts in philosophy from University College Dublin in 1982, submitting a thesis that critiqued the work of political philosopher Eric Voegelin. He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy in philosophical theology from Queen’s University Belfast in 1988. His doctoral dissertation was titled The development of Bernard Lonergan’s understanding of divine providence from “grace and freedom” to “insight”.Anti-Divorce Campaign
Joe McCarroll, along with Des Hanafin, is a founding member, and vice-chairman, of the Anti-Divorce Campaign,which successfully campaigned for a No vote in the 1986 Divorce Referendum The Anti-Divorce Campaign unsuccessfully campaigned for a No vote in the 1995 divorce referendum. He warned that if it were to pass, people would be divorced against their will.
The referendum was passed by a slim margin, and after an unsuccessful court challenge by Des Hanafin, was signed into law in June 1996.