The 500-year-old treaty that made Irish people citizens of SpainIn a Word ... SpainMon Jun 30 2025 - 00:30
A lesson straight outta BallaghaderreenIn a word ... Gang. Dispatch from a veteran of the tyre warsMon Jun 23 2025 - 00:30
Church of Ireland bishop criticises invite for gay US preacher to speak at Pride service in DublinBishop of Down and Dromore David McClay claims church members ‘concerned and confused’ by moveTue Jun 17 2025 - 14:15
Spiritans’ promise of redress must be ‘substantiated by actions’, says abuse survivors groupRestore Together spokesman says victim-centred redress scheme should be delivered urgentlyTue Jun 17 2025 - 13:43
Spiritans commit to redress scheme for school abuse survivors in attempt to ‘offer atonement’Head of congregation Fr Brendan Carr says it is seeking to be ‘accountable at this time for what happened in another time’Mon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
James Joyce: ‘For a boy of his age in a Dublin day school, he seems to have had considerable sexual experience’In a Word ... PrecociousMon Jun 16 2025 - 00:00
PSNI given emergency Stormont cash to tackle anti-immigration riotsAll parties in executive ‘on the same page’ in condemning ‘violent racism’, Michelle O’Neill saidFri Jun 13 2025 - 19:00
Highest number of abuse allegations in 16 years received by Catholic Church’s safeguarding bodyBoard reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools Tue Jun 10 2025 - 16:31
‘It is our Christmas’: Eid celebrations in Tallaght a mix of faith and funAbout 4,000 people turned up for event marking the end of Ramadan fastingFri Jun 06 2025 - 19:45
In a Word...AncestryIreland has proved adept at forging friendships with influential people based on family heritageMon Jun 02 2025 - 00:30
‘Humanity has lost its heart’: Ireland’s churches react forcefully to `abandoned’ GazaCatholic bishops pray ‘all those in positions of power globally will stand up and demand an end to this cruelty’Wed May 28 2025 - 19:00
In a Word...LanguageLanguage is intrinsically linked to identity and is sometimes weaponised in political discourseMon May 26 2025 - 00:30
Church live-streaming likely to lead to more defamation actions, evangelicals warnEvangelical church in Tullamore, Co Offaly, was recently sued over remarks made during live-streamed BaptismThu May 22 2025 - 19:24
In a Word ... ScatologyAdvertising and bodily functions – a match made in hell Mon May 19 2025 - 00:30
The financial heavyweight, the media guru and the abuse investigator: What next for top Irish Vatican clerics under Pope Leo XIV?Three Irish-born senior figures in the Roman Curia look set to remain in prominent roles under the new pontiffSun May 18 2025 - 06:00
Zelenskiy invites Pope Leo to visit UkraineInvitation extended during pontiff’s first known phone call with a foreign leaderMon May 12 2025 - 16:14
In a Word... SuffragetteIs there a man out there who would dare sing – even in jest – that song from My Fair Lady: ‘Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?’Mon May 12 2025 - 00:30
‘Never again war’: Pope Leo interrupts St Peter’s Square revelry with pleas for peace in Ukraine and GazaVisitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’ Sun May 11 2025 - 16:08
‘Bob the Pope’ considered ‘a safe pair of hands’ by Irish priest who knew the new Pope Leo XIVPontiff’s successor as head of Augustinians recalls a man who is ‘humble, listens, lets everybody do their jobs’Fri May 09 2025 - 16:56
Pope Leo’s social conscience won’t go down well with JD Vance and Maga AmericaPope Leo XIV accurately reflects the Catholic Church’s position in the developing world, where it is growing fastestFri May 09 2025 - 08:06
Pope Leo XIV: First US-born pontiff addresses the faithful in St Peter’s SquareCardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago unlikely choice as 267th pope, but seen as champion of migrants and poorThu May 08 2025 - 22:10
‘It’s like our Olympics’: Irish priests among stunned faithful in St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV emergesMany were surprised at choice of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, but hoped he would carry on legacy of Pope FrancisThu May 08 2025 - 21:20
Could a Dublin-born man become the next pope? Six men who could succeed FrancisConclave eligible to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis are expected to meet within weeksThu May 08 2025 - 08:06
Papal conclave: ‘I dread the day I think that’s about to arrive when I’m going to be older than the pope’As the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel took their oaths, a crowd of all ages gathered in St Peter’s SquareWed May 07 2025 - 21:22
The papabiles: Who are the contenders to become the 267th pope?Even at this late stage, it remains unclear who is most likely to become the Catholic Church’s next leader Wed May 07 2025 - 19:40
Cardinals gather in Rome to choose new PopePatsy McGarry reports from Rome as the Catholic Church’s most senior leaders meet in conclave today, to elect a successor to Pope Francis.Wed May 07 2025 - 12:09
Watch for white smoke begins in Vatican City as conclave meets to elect new pontiff Ballots of 133 voting cardinals burned after each vote with black smoke signalling no agreementWed May 07 2025 - 06:00
Spiritans accused of putting own interests before those of abuse victims Victim/survivor experience involving Spiritans ‘not one of compassion’, writes Restore Together lobby groupWed May 07 2025 - 06:00
Conclave explained: A graphical guide to the election of a popeOdds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or FridayTue May 06 2025 - 10:22
The Irish disapora and its role in electing the successor to Pope Francis this weekCardinals with strong links to Ireland will be playing key role in the papal conclave from WednesdayTue May 06 2025 - 06:00
I feel sorry for the huffing hordes who believe painful exertion is necessary for healthIn a Word ... SedentaryMon May 05 2025 - 00:30
Inside Dublin Islamic centre: pressure on ‘senior official’ to step down amid claims over staff links to banned groupAli Selim, who recently left the Clonskeagh centre, says ‘it is very hard to answer’ whether certain officials could be Muslim Brotherhood membersSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
Dublin Islamic centre criticises ‘radicalised’ members as internal row deepensDispute over control of ICCI escalates as social media attacks against Dr Eid Zaher criticisedSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
Muslims locked out of Clonskeagh mosque for Friday prayers issue ‘reopen’ pleaGathering convened ‘not in protest, but in pain, and in hope’Fri May 02 2025 - 15:52
Bishop Brendan Comiskey ‘a product of the Church culture of his time’, funeral toldFormer bishop of Ferns, who had resigned over handling of abuse complaints in diocese, fondly remembered by mournersThu May 01 2025 - 20:14
Brendan Comiskey: Bishop admitted his best efforts to deal with abuse allegations were ‘not good enough’Co Monaghan native resigned at centre of storm that led to Ferns report, which set a template for various future statutory reports into abuseMon Apr 28 2025 - 19:09
No calm after the storm for Vatican as young people descend after Pope’s funeralSome 200,000 participate in second Mass following Francis’s deathSun Apr 27 2025 - 21:33
Critics of Israeli government policies being labelled anti-Semitic is ‘outrageous’, Higgins saysPresident says absence of some leaders at pope’s funeral is ‘very significant’Sat Apr 26 2025 - 20:43
Pope Francis’s funeral: ‘Pope among the people’ mourned by hundreds of thousands in RomeMass mirrored most Catholic funerals, albeit with hundreds of cardinals and dignitaries presentSat Apr 26 2025 - 15:01
Pope Francis’s funeral: Four-hour Mass and procession through Rome among plans for memorialMichael D Higgins, Micheál Martin, Ursula von der Leyen, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and Donald Trump among attendeesFri Apr 25 2025 - 18:37
Meetings of cardinals ahead of Pope Francis’s funeral could speed up election of successorBishop Paul Tighe, one of the most senior Irishmen in the Roman Curia, says pontiff’s legacy is ‘in the hearts of people'Fri Apr 25 2025 - 17:38
‘Wouldn’t it be great if he got voted in?’ The cardinal from Drimnagh tasked with organising the papal conclaveCardinal Kevin Farrell’s former neighbours recall the Drimnagh man who is running the Vatican following the death of Pope FrancisFri Apr 25 2025 - 12:31
‘Would you like to come to Ireland and have a quiet break and I can send someone to replace you?’ she asked Pope FrancisSt Peter’s Basilica is open 24/7 to accommodate the crowds gathering to pay their respects to the late pontiff Thu Apr 24 2025 - 15:20
Thousands visit St.Peter's Basilica to pay their respectsPatsy McGarry reports from St. Peters Square where there is a brisk trade in Pope Francis memorabilia. Video: Patsy McGarryThu Apr 24 2025 - 14:56
‘Four times he wrote back to me’: Tens of thousands queue to pay respects to Pope FrancisPeople kneel briefly to say hasty prayers before being ushered along to make way for moreThu Apr 24 2025 - 06:00
Death of Pope Francis: Mourners express grief and shock as pontiff returns to St Peter’s Basilica for final timeAll quiet as thousands file past pope’s remains, paying final tributeWed Apr 23 2025 - 14:48
Conclave: Why election of Pope Francis’s successor will be like no otherCollege comprises 252 members, 135 of whom are aged under 80 and so eligible to vote in a conclaveWed Apr 23 2025 - 06:00
Pope Francis: Thousands of Catholics to pay tribute as pontiff lies in statePontiff to lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica for next three days, where thousands of Catholics expected to pay respectsTue Apr 22 2025 - 22:52
