Altered State is a Documentary programme.

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Altered State: So Long Holy Ireland

Series 1, episode 1

Documentary series exploring upheaval in Irish society, beginning with a look at the struggle to legalise contraception during the 1970s. The programme examines the divergence of Catholic teachings and state law. Former Foreign Affairs Minister Garrett Fitzgerald remembers a meeting with Pope Paul VI, and comments on how Charles Haughey finally changed the law in 1979