Catholic document presents a test for ecumenism - prelateThe Church of Ireland Primate, Dr Robin Eames, has said the Dominus Iesus declaration published by the Catholic Church last week…Mon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Views of preacher upset powers that beThe preacher Jesus was at the centre of further controversy this week following publication of the bi-monthly Cool Press music…Mon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
New Bishop of Limerick electedThe Right Rev Michael Mayes has been elected as the new Church of Ireland Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe.Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Bad end to the layabout preacher forecastAt an extraordinary, indeed unprecedented, press conference in the city last Saturday the High Priest, Dr Caiaphas, denounced…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Eames says challenge of Drumcree is immenseThe Church of Ireland Primate, Dr Robin Eames, has said that the challenge which Drumcree poses for the church is "immense"Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
C of I primate urges sensitivity on issue of ordination of womenThe Church of Ireland Primate, Dr Robin Eames, said last night that chairing the Archbishop of Canterbury's commission on the…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
Primate to attend the beatification of Dom ColumbaThe Catholic Primate, Dr Sean Brady, and the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Desmond Connell, will lead about 450 Irish people in Rome…Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Church document on domestic violence criticisedThe AMEN group, which represents male victims of domestic violence, has said the domestic violence document issued by the Catholic…Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Dr Edward Daly publishes memoirsThe former Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, has written an autobiography which will be published next monthSat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Pope rejects use of human cloningPope John Paul has said that human cloning involving the destruction of human embryos is "not morally acceptable even when their…Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Bishop says US strategy will intensify conflict in ColombiaThe chairman of Trocaire, Bishop John Kirby, has said US strategy in Colombia to cut off the cocaine supply would only intensify…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Priest criticises GAA's Guinness sponsorshipGuinness sponsorship of the GAA's All-Ireland Hurling Championship has been described as "a scandal" by a leading Catholic commentator…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Catholic Church drops texts seen as hostile to womenA joint document on domestic violence, published yesterday by two commissions of the Catholic Church in Ireland, has suggested…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Seven contentious New Testament texts in Acts of the ApostlesThe seven New Testament texts which the document suggests be dropped from future Catholic Church services are all found in the…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Church proposes seven New Testament texts be dropped from servicesA document published yesterday by the Irish Catholic Church has proposed that seven New Testament texts be dropped from church…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Irish monk to be beatified with popesTomorrow week an Irishman will be beatified in the Vatican along with Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius IX.Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Education for autistic childrenA task force has been appointed by the Minister for Education, Dr Woods, "to examine models of education provision for children…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Concern about new campus plan for primary schoolsThe Gaelscoileanna all-Irish schools body has expressed reservations about a plan being developed by the Department of Education…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Rise in queries to ThresholdA report to be published later today by the Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Mr Robert Molloy, will show the situation…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Service to mark 10 years of women priests criticisedA church of Ireland canon has objected in strong terms to a "celebration" of the ordination of women planned for Christ Church…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Caiaphas sues over report on a plot to kill JesusJerusalem, 32 AD - The High Priest, Dr Caiaphas, has begun libel proceedings against the Palestine Times newspaper following …Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Pay-out by church to Payne sex abuse victimIn an out-of-court settlement, the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin has paid a substantial sum of money in compensation to a young…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
History is made by Mass at St Patrick's CathedralThe first Mass since Tudor times was celebrated at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin on SundayWed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
Death of Lazarus comes as a great shockThe death took place in Bethany last week of Lazarus, a member of the prominent local wine-producing familyMon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Academic accuses author of creating `cult of Collins'Author Tim Pat Coogan has been accused of doing "a tremendous disservice" in his biographies of Michael Collins and Eamon de …Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Minister calls for aid for MoluccasAn Irish missionary has said the conflict on Indonesia's Moluccan islands is now "a humanitarian disaster greater than Kosovo…Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
Youth held for two nights at Garda station as no place is found at centreA 15-year-old youth had to spend two nights in a Dublin city-centre Garda station because there was no room for him at the Trinity…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Diocesan communicator to head Jesuit refugee service for EuropeThe director of communications for the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, Father John Dardis SJ, is to leave the position in December…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Shame over events at Drumcree is felt by ArchbishopThe Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Walton Empey, has expressed shame over events at Drumcree.Mon Jul 17 2000 - 01:00
Spin doctor's rift with preacher deepensJerusalem AD 32 - It has been confirmed that the preacher Jesus has relegated his spokesman Mr Judas Iscariot to an advisory …Mon Jul 17 2000 - 01:00
British politicians pay brief visit to DrumcreeFour members of the House of Commons Select Committee on Northern Ireland paid a brief unannounced visit to the barricade at …Thu Jul 13 2000 - 01:00
Booming lambegs are dominant in `Portadin'7.30 a.m. on the Garvaghy Road yesterday and already the day was being boldly marked outThu Jul 13 2000 - 01:00
RUC forced to use plastic bullets, water cannon as violence flaresThe RUC fired baton rounds and deployed a water-cannon early today as violence flared at a bonfire in the Corcrain estate, Portadown…Wed Jul 12 2000 - 01:00
Orangemen plan further protests after night of tensionFurther Orange Order protests are expected throughout Northern Ireland today in response to a call by Portadown Orangemen for…Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Gracey tells supporters protest action must continueThe district master of the Portadown Orange Lodge, Mr Harold Gracey, yesterday called for the protests over Drumcree to continue…Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Night of protest ends quietly after speeches of defianceThe demonstrators at Drumcree dispersed quietly early this morning after surrounding a massive bonfire at the barricade on the…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Drumcree rector resolute in commitmentThe Rector of Drumcree, the Rev John Pickering, was up at 5 a.mThu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Orange Order welcomes `peaceful' UFF supportThe information officer for the Portadown District of the Orange Order, Mr David Jones, has welcomed the presence of men carrying…Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Decision to ban Garvaghy Road march `expected'The Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge will not be responding in detail until later this week to the Parades Commission decision…Tue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Orangemen at Drumcree hear call for mass protestThe district Master of the Portadown Loyal Orange Lodge, Mr Harold Gracey, appealed at Drumcree yesterday for supporters to take…Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Dr Connell to give church views to abortion hearingsThe Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Desmond Connell, is to lead a delegation which will present the Catholic Church's views on abortion…Mon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Bishop backs call by Pope to reduce prison sentencesThe auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Dr Eamonn Walsh, has suggested that prison sentences might be reduced by two months for each …Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Housing idea well receivedThere was strong support for the idea of a national housing authority at a plenary session of the National Economic and Social…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Report calls for creation of national housing bodyA National Economic and Social Forum project team has called for the establishment of a national housing authority.Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Priest says inflation plan won't help poorNew Government measures to deal with inflation failed to address the situation of the most vulnerable people, Father Sean Healy…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Addicts on methadone treatment in danger of being `forgotten'The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Desmond Connell, asked: "Why are so many, particularly young people, bored in circumstances more…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Empey ordains three deacons and priest at Christ Church CathedralThe Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, Dr Walton Empey, ordained three deacons and a priest at Christ Church Cathedral…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Bishop greets proposal for new city in the westThe Bishop of Achonry, Dr Tom Flynn, has said he is "very much in favour" of a proposal for a new city in the west of Ireland…Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
Inter-church group seeks FM licenceAn inter-church group has formally expressed interest in being allocated Dublin's last FM licence.Mon Jun 26 2000 - 01:00
