Sheltered homes complex extendedThe Presbyterian Moderator, Dr Alastair Dunlop, has opened an extended sheltered housing project for older people at Tritonville…Wed Nov 28 2001 - 00:00
More C of I co-ordinators called forDelegates from the Church of Ireland archdioceses of Dublin and Glendalough called at the weekend for a new tier of co-ordinators…Mon Nov 26 2001 - 00:00
Priests unhappy with way of picking bishopAn announcement naming the new Catholic Bishop of Killala is expected soon but many in the diocese are unhappy at the manner …Mon Nov 26 2001 - 00:00
New Bishop of Clogher is electedThe Church of Ireland Dean of Cork, the Very Rev Michael Jackson, has been elected as the new Bishop of Clogher.Thu Nov 22 2001 - 00:00
Legion d'Honneur for monsignorMGR Brendan Devlin, rector of the Irish College in Paris and emeritus professor of modern languages in the National University…Mon Nov 19 2001 - 00:00
Nationalism 'a curse'Romantic nationalism "has been the blight, indeed the curse, of our people", said Canon William Neely of Keady, Co Armagh, yesterday…Mon Nov 19 2001 - 00:00
SF's Ferris tells of 'pain' of decommissioningMr Martin Ferris, the Sinn FΘin candidate tipped by a recent TG4 poll to take a seat in Kerry North at the next general election…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Churchmen asked to speak 'with charity'The Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, the Very Rev John Paterson, has said "careless words" by leaders of the Christian…Mon Nov 05 2001 - 00:00
Laois priest named Rome rectorFather Liam Bergin (41), of Laois, has been appointed rector of the Pontifical Irish College in RomeMon Nov 05 2001 - 00:00
Archbishop speaks of his hopes for church unityThe Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Rev Walton Empey, has described Pope John XXIII as "by far the most outstanding…Fri Nov 02 2001 - 00:00
Cardinal tells how guardian angel foiled intruderThe Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, has disclosed that he was assisted by his guardian angel when an…Thu Nov 01 2001 - 00:00
Archdeacon of Dublin welcomes statementThe Church of Ireland Archdeacon of Dublin, the Ven Gordon Linney, has welcomed yesterday's statement from Cardinal Desmond Connell…Thu Nov 01 2001 - 00:00
Cardinal says Empey is not a 'high flyer'The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, has said that his Church of Ireland counterpart, Archbishop Walton…Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
Dr Empey finds Vatican document confusingThe Archbishop of Dublin, Most Rev Walton Empey, has said the Vatican's controversial Dominus Iesus document was a "most confusing…Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
Committee set up to celebrate the life of Dean SwiftAn international committee has been set up to celebrate the life and work of Jonathan Swift, it was announced in Dublin yesterday…Mon Oct 22 2001 - 01:00
Two-thirds of priests are now over 60The number of Irish religious (nuns, brothers, priests in religious orders) has dropped from 23,308 in 1981 to 13,393, according…Mon Oct 22 2001 - 01:00
Inter-faith prayer service for world peace held in DublinAn Inter-Faith Service of Prayer for World Peace was held in St Patrick's Cathedral last night, one month after the attacks on…Fri Oct 12 2001 - 01:00
School protests un-Christian, says ArchbishopThe Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Rev Walton Empey, has questioned whether "a Christian of whatever hue" could…Thu Oct 11 2001 - 01:00
Bishops may defer abortion statementThe Irish (Catholic) Bishops Conference may not issue a statement on the Government's proposals for change in abortion legislation…Sat Oct 06 2001 - 01:00
Statue to be unveiled in Galway to honour Irish founder of Boystown in USA lifesize statue of Father Edward Flanagan, founder of Boystown at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1917, will be erected next Saturday in…Mon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
Shrines. By Liam Blake, introduction by Fintan O'Toole. Real Ireland Design. 45 pp, £9.95Roisin, my niece, was intent on revengeSat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Archbishops denounce attacks on Muslims hereDublin's two Archbishops, Cardinal Desmond Connell and Most Rev Walton Empey, have issued a joint statement condemning attacks…Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
Jesus had to struggle to find his vocation, meeting of priests toldJesus, "like all human beings, had to struggle to discern what his vocation should be", a meeting of priests has been told in…Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Priest eighth Columban killedFather Rufus Halley (57) who was shot dead in the Philippines yesterday was the second Irish Columban priest to be killed on …Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
Ireland's first Russian Orthodox church set for Harold's CrossMetropolitan Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, and second in seniority to its head, Patriarch Alexei, will visit…Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Record on state care of children under attackThere has been a call for Romania to be moved down the EU accession list because of its treatment of childrenTue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Bishops' police stance criticised by two priestsPriests in two Northern dioceses have been critical of a statement by the Catholic bishops there which called for support for…Fri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
State, church in no `marriage of equals'The Bishop of Ferns, Dr Brendan Comiskey, has said the Catholic Church "should have learned a long time ago to use a very long…Fri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
Northern Protestants feel isolated - DalyThe former Catholic Primate Cardinal Cahal Daly has said that "paradoxically, as Ireland becomes more globalised, Irish Catholicism…Thu Aug 23 2001 - 01:00
Army bullying `unacceptable'The Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Lieut Gen Colm Mangan, has said he is "extremely concerned" at recent reports about…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Army chief promises to uncover harassmentThe Army Chief of Staff, Lieut Gen Colm Mangan, has said there will be "no question of any whitewash or cover-up" where allegations…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Military part of group formed to examine sex harassment meetsThe military element of the steering group set up to investigate allegations of widespread sexual harassment in the Defence Forces…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Minister criticises abusers of social welfare systemThe Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs has criticised those who continue to abuse the social welfare system.Mon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryMy father hated golf. It was probably the one four-letter word not accepted in our house.Mon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
New measures to protect wildlifeIreland will be in a position to ratify key international conventions to protect wildlife, especially endangered species, following…Mon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
Sobriety is key to freedom, pioneer event toldSobriety and temperance allowed people "to be free and in control of their lives", the chairman of the Pioneer Total Abstinence…Thu Aug 16 2001 - 01:00
Local row with no heroesIt was Patrick Kavanagh who wrote that Homer made an epic from a local row. Drumcree is one such rowSat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
Funeral today of first TCD Catholic chaplainThe first Catholic priest to serve as a chaplain at Trinity College, Dublin, Father Brendan Heffernan (71), will be buried today…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Six Murphy plays are to be staged at Dublin festivalSix Tom Murphy plays are to be staged by the National Theatre at this year's Dublin Theatre Festival, its director, Mr Fergus…Thu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Priest's sacred music enhances quest for spiritualityAnother manifestation of the exceptional interest in things spiritual in Ireland is a widespread appreciation of the liturgical…Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Priest says Vatican rules may be too strictA decision by the Vatican to issue strict guidelines for the use of language in the Mass and other liturgical celebrations has…Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Progress made in inquiries into Romanian man's deathGardai have made significant progress in their investigation of the death of a 21-year-old Romanian man whose body was stuffed…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Priest at centre of row over woman's £1.6m will dies in DublinA priest at the centre of a row in the US over a £1.6 million will has died.Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Lough Derg pilgrims get younger as emphasis shifts from penitenceWith less than two weeks to go in the season of three-day pilgrimages at Lough Derg, indications are that pilgrims are getting…Thu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
Spaniard one of 7 killed on Louth roadThe 29-year-old Spanish man killed in a crash on the inner relief road in Dundalk on Tuesday night was the seventh person to …Thu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
Post union angered by O'Rourke proposalsProposals to transfer a large number of post offices to third party agencies signalled a potential "death warrant" for sub-post…Thu Aug 02 2001 - 01:00
Small enterprise body dismisses CORI claim on absolute poverty as `nonsense'The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises association (ISME) has dismissed as "disingenuous" the Conference of Religious of Ireland…Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Memories of relics to be preservedDon Mullan, author of Eye- witness: Bloody Sunday and The Dublin and Monaghan Bombing, is to write a book on the recent visit…Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
Drink-driving remains a major problem as detections up 24% last year, says reportDrink-driving, "despite the perception and reality of stricter enforcement and changed social attitudes", remains a major problem…Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
Debate on role of Catholic Church `very fraught'A leading academic has said he hopes that in Ireland people are "progressing towards a stage where Catholicism will no longer…Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
