In a Word...Food
When it came to food, we lived in a very monochrome Ireland, spuds with everything, cabbage and carrots with most, plus meat or fish
Irish pilgrims join faithful in Rome celebrating Pope Francis recovery
Pope Francis’s decision to declare 2025 a ‘Jubilee Year of Hope’ entirely prescient, says Limerick Bishop
In a Word...Patrick
When I joined this newspaper years ago, I announced: ‘I am Patsy and by this name shall I be known heretofore. Hear ye me!’ And, lo, so it has been
Sculpture to honour abuse survivors at Jesuit schools unveiled in Dublin
Replicas are to be put on public display in Jesuit schools throughout Ireland
Christ Church Leeson Park in Dublin deconsecrated and to be put on property market
Among worshippers at the church in earlier times was writer George Bernard Shaw
In a Word... Coffee
A coffee shop experience something of a trial - here is some advice to navigate those exotic menus
In a Word ... Generation
You might say that, by any objective standard, the current designation of ‘a generation’ has become absurd
Spiritans accused of two-tier approach to redress for sex abuse cases
Survivors' group calls for common scheme to be established by June 1st to avoid need for legal route
Spiritans have paid €8.8m in settlements to 125 abuse survivors since 1998
Incidents of sexual abuse by Spiritans were among 2,395 allegations at 308 schools run by religious orders
In a Word ... Youth
A report has found that Irish 15-year-olds smoke less, drink less alcohol and exercise more than their European peers. This is disgraceful
Former bishop of Killaloe Willie Walsh was ahead of his time in Catholic Church
Throughout his period as bishop he was at odds with the rigidities of the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI
In a Word ... Cork
Cork people believe they have it so good they are not bothered about making an impact on the national consciousness at all. To them, clearly, Cork is all
A new generation heralds change in approach for Jesuits in naming probable abusers
New provincial Fr Shane Daly (51) was ordained just 10 years ago
Fifteen Irish Jesuits ‘credibly accused of child abuse’
Publication of names by congregation follows an investigation into the files of 37 dead Jesuit priests or brothers
In a Word ... Phone
For years, I have mocked neighbours in the big country next door by reminding them of the 1957 Times newspaper headline: ‘Fog in the Channel. Continent cut off.’ Now, I understood