‘You walked with our foreparents’: Mass marks Presentation Sisters departure from DroghedaService acts as farewell to order 210 years after it first arrived in Co Louth townSun Jan 15 2023 - 20:32
Dublin’s Black Santa appeal sets record with €80,000 collectionMoney raised will go to local homeless charities such as Salvation Army, Simon Community and Alice Leahy TrustThu Jan 12 2023 - 12:26
Two of Ireland’s oldest religious congregations withdraw from friaries around IrelandFranciscans and Dominicans withdraw from friaries where they had been present since the 13th centuryTue Jan 10 2023 - 12:36
In a Word... WakeEnjoying innumerable stiff drinks to the mark the passing of an unloved yearSat Jan 07 2023 - 00:30
Emeritus Pope Benedict buried in Rome, with Pope Francis delivering the sermon‘We pray that having served as the vicar of your Son on earth, he may be welcomed by him into eternal glory’Thu Jan 05 2023 - 20:19
Benedict XVI buried in crypt beneath St Peter’s Basilica in VaticanPolice estimate some 100,000 people will attend ceremony for former popeThu Jan 05 2023 - 14:32
Pope Benedict funeral: Irish Ambassador likely to be State’s only representativeAmbassador to Holy See likely to be State’s sole official representative at St Peter’s as President not attendingSun Jan 01 2023 - 21:53
Church leaders express great concern for ‘fragile peace on this island’World Day of Peace message from five major Church leaders in IrelandSun Jan 01 2023 - 19:00
How Pope Benedict ignored Vatican responsibility for child sex abuse in IrelandPontiff excoriated Ireland’s Catholic bishops for their handling of clerical child sexual abuse allegations but refused to blame VaticanSat Dec 31 2022 - 10:45
Pope Benedict obituary: ‘Enforcer in chief’ and first pontiff to resign in over 600 yearsPope was a scholar who wished to remain so but had high office thrust upon himSat Dec 31 2022 - 10:25
Pope Benedict dies in Rome nine years after resignationBody of former pope is to lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica from MondaySat Dec 31 2022 - 09:56
Atheist Ireland granted special UN status in bid to promote ‘secular government’Irish organisation is believed to be the first national atheist campaign group to gain such statusSat Dec 31 2022 - 06:00
In a Word . . . UkraineMy word of the year has to be Kyiv, being utterly biased in favour of the most heroic and impressive people of 2022 – the people of UkraineSat Dec 31 2022 - 00:00
Massgoers raise over €4.5m to assist Ukrainian refugees`Irish people know well the experience of the migrant,’ Bishops sayThu Dec 29 2022 - 18:04
In a culture where cows are worth more than women, an Irish nun has dedicated herself to educating girlsSr Orla Treacy has spent 17 years running schools and a health centre in South Sudan, and is slowly seeing a change in a country that likes to marry off girls fastTue Dec 27 2022 - 10:38
In a Word . . . BellyI have absolutely no interest in a six-pack, Santa Claus. Just your ordinary Roscommon or garden belly will do me fineSat Dec 24 2022 - 00:30
Details of Government inquiry into school abuse allegations delayed until New YearDepartment of Education says any crimes committed should, in first instance, be fully investigated by An Garda SíochánaMon Dec 19 2022 - 19:30
Number of abuse contacts to Spiritan congregation approaches 500Further allegations against Dominicans and SalesiansMon Dec 19 2022 - 05:00
In a Word... old English wordsDon’t complain about being in a ‘zwodder’ state of mind following the Christmas partySat Dec 17 2022 - 00:00
Over 300 abuse allegations to date against Spiritan priestsCatholic bishops believe a ‘reckoning’ has yet to take place regarding sexual abuse in the church in IrelandTue Dec 13 2022 - 12:51
New River Corrib pedestrian and cycle bridge to open in Galway city next yearNew crossing intended to reduce collisions on 200-year-old Salmon Weird BridgeMon Dec 12 2022 - 15:48
Quality of life in Ireland has dropped over the past five years, survey findsAmárach study suggests people are positive about their own situations but worried about country's overall wellbeing.Mon Dec 12 2022 - 00:00
Church of Ireland rows in behind appeals to offer accommodation to Ukrainian refugees ‘They need shelter, welcome and a home in the most practical of ways possible,’ says archbishopSun Dec 11 2022 - 20:43
‘It’s coming home’: Not the World Cup but Irish chalice exiled by CromwellChalice taken from Leitrim after the Famine and stored in Cincinnati convent returns to Carrick on ShannonSun Dec 11 2022 - 17:53
In a Word ... MalapropismOne of the great mangler’s of the King’s English is former taoiseach Bertie AhernSat Dec 10 2022 - 00:30
Abuse of pupils at Glenstal Abbey school in Co Limerick involved two monksIn no case were there criminal or civil proceedings, but financial settlements made in someSat Dec 03 2022 - 06:35
Second man alleges abuse by Spiritan priest Fr Patrick Hannan at secondary school in NairobiAnother man claims abuse by Fr Patrick Hannan at secondary school in NairobiSat Dec 03 2022 - 06:00
In a Word ... BallaghaderreenWhere our parents were concerned the great attraction to the town in 1962 was its schoolsSat Dec 03 2022 - 00:30
Pope Francis accused by Mary McAleese of ‘ludicrous lack of logic’ in comments on women priestsFormer president accused Pope of ‘misogynistic drivel’ following interview justifying exclusion of womenThu Dec 01 2022 - 19:19
Former Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan dies aged 78Catholic Primate pays tribute to a ‘deeply spiritual, devoted and generous priest and bishop’Mon Nov 28 2022 - 11:24
Eviction ban should be extended for two to three years, says Fr Peter McVerry`Should be illegal for anybody to offer an Airbnb if it doesn’t conform to the regulations’Sun Nov 27 2022 - 16:49
Willow Park abuse survivor met ‘vacuum of silence and distaste’ after 1992 revelation‘Quasi-sacramental’ abuse involved three priests with two wearing green and gold stolesSat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
What is restorative justice and does it work?‘They can still smell the perpetrator, they can still see the saliva at the edge of his mouth, they can still feel the hand on them’Sat Nov 26 2022 - 05:00
Dún Laoghaire named Europe’s Great Town of 2022Award presented by Academy of Urbanism at ceremony to recognise the best, most enduring or most improved urban environments across the continentThu Nov 24 2022 - 11:41
Failure by clergy to protect abused children ‘pathetic’ - Dublin archbishopArchbishop Dermot Farrell speaks in Blackrock about latest abuse revelationsTue Nov 22 2022 - 12:33
Franciscans received 36 allegations against single abuser at Gormanston CollegeCongregation reports total of 124 allegations of sexual abuse of children made against 26 friarsTue Nov 22 2022 - 12:05
‘We didn’t take sexual abuse seriously as boys in Terenure College,’ John Boyne recalls The word abuse wasn’t part of students’ lexicon, author says, although he wonders if the adults in the school now feel guilty about not doing moreSat Nov 19 2022 - 11:48
In a Word ... PinkIt’s such a wishy, washy, neither one thing or the other, fish or foul, colour — especially on a man’s trousersSat Nov 19 2022 - 00:30
Abuse survivor confronted with lawyers for Spiritans in 2015 despite 2012 apology to abusedOrder denied having received any earlier allegations against accused priest, though in 2012 it had said there had been ‘one confirmed case’ against himFri Nov 18 2022 - 05:00
Blackrock College was told of abuse claims 20 years ago, Dáil hearsSurvivors who approached person in ‘key leadership role’ was told to return with ‘proof and a solicitor’, Labour leader saysThu Nov 17 2022 - 13:38
Vincentians disclose 45 claims of abuse against priests in schools and parishesOrder says 17 alleged victims said were abused in Castleknock College, St Paul’s or other schoolsThu Nov 17 2022 - 09:14
Number of accusers who have made Spiritan sex abuse claims rises to 300Beleaguered congregation has been contacted by more than 60 people in past week aloneThu Nov 17 2022 - 05:00
‘No gagging order’ applies to settlements already approved by SpiritansSpiritans’ press conference hears a fifth of class of ‘79 experienced abuse at Willow Park schoolThu Nov 17 2022 - 01:00
Child sexual abuse: Restorative justice ‘a confidential process’, says practitioner appointed to Spiritan programmeIndependent practitioner Tim Chapman appointed to lead remedial programmeWed Nov 16 2022 - 21:09
Spiritans announce ‘restorative justice programme’ for abuse survivors‘What was done to you as innocent children was cruel and indefensible,’ head of congregation tells survivorsWed Nov 16 2022 - 13:25
‘Relentless homophobia’ at Blackrock College in 1980s drove pupil to attempt suicide twiceSecond man Leo O’Shaughnessy speaks of his abuse by Br Luke McCaffreyTue Nov 15 2022 - 19:44
Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese income down by €2.25m in 2021 amid pandemic Dublin archdiocese's financial report for 2021Mon Nov 14 2022 - 21:26
‘Blackrock Boys’ brother calls for inquiry into abuse at fee-paying schoolsAbuse survivor Mark Ryan (61) wants report to be ‘published before I die’Mon Nov 14 2022 - 18:48
