Impugning the mother and baby commission does not serve victimsCommissions are imperfect mechanisms devised to provide some justice and redressTue Feb 02 2021 - 01:00
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin praised for ‘courage, tenacity and compassion’‘We owe him a lot’: Political leaders, religious figures and abuse survivors pay tributeSat Jan 30 2021 - 10:58
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: The life and times of a Dublin prelateFrom Cabinteely curate to Archbishop of DublinSat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: ‘We’ve to be careful to ensure we never slip back’Interview: ‘My worst day came early on, when I met the parents of a victim. That shattered me’Sat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Ireland committed to combating anti-Semitism and racism, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin says technology providing ‘new opportunities for hate’ at Holocaust eventMon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00
Churches in North extend restrictions on public worship until MarchParishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop saysSun Jan 24 2021 - 14:55
Bishops call on world leaders to ‘hold Israel accountable’ on vaccinationsTwo Irish bishops join delegation seeking Palestinian access to Covid vaccinesThu Jan 21 2021 - 18:09
Catholic Archbishop wants church that ‘truly listens to’ womenKieran O’Reilly says abuses disclosed in mother and baby homes report ‘total antithesis of the faith we claim to profess’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 16:57
Covid-19: Church of Ireland urges parishes to offer buildings as vaccination centresSt Patrick’s Cathedral agrees as few large buildings available in Liberties areaThu Jan 21 2021 - 16:41
Church of Ireland to seek correction of ‘factually inaccurate’ commission reportIrish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany homeMon Jan 18 2021 - 20:19
Mary’s story: Roscommon woman believed a lifetime of exile was as it should bePregnant woman pleaded with God to take her, but he too seemed to have abandoned herSat Jan 16 2021 - 06:00
Funeral of late Bishop told of ‘a kind and good and courageous man’Roy Warke was a former Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and RossFri Jan 15 2021 - 16:13
Church of Ireland archbishops issue apology over mother and baby homesWomen and children ‘stigmatised’ and ‘endangered’ by ‘culture of hypocrisy and judgment’Fri Jan 15 2021 - 15:08
Religious congregations asked to contribute to mother and baby redress fundRoderic O’Gorman seeks meeting with Catholic and Church of Ireland leaders amid reportFri Jan 15 2021 - 00:04
Former Church of Ireland bishop of Cork Roy Warke diesHe gave ‘with such generosity of spirit’ to the life of the Church of Ireland, says archbishopThu Jan 14 2021 - 20:33
Commission dealt with 1.3m documents and held 195 hearingsReport from body states that its conclusions ‘may not accord with prevailing narrative’Thu Jan 14 2021 - 18:55
Bon Secours sisters who ran Tuam home offer ‘profound apologies’Catholic archbishops and bishops express shame and sorrow at report findingsWed Jan 13 2021 - 20:47
Mother and Baby Homes: Now we must pay the price for our wilful silenceHomes provided a refuge, however harsh, when there was nowhere else for the women to goWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:04
Mother and Baby Homes report: A ‘shameful chapter of recent Irish history’Investigation tells of cruelty, emotional abuse and soaring infant death ratesWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:00
‘A matter of great sorrow to us that babies died while under our care’ say nuns‘They betrayed vulnerable women, themselves, their calling and the caring message of Jesus Christ’ – ArchbishopTue Jan 12 2021 - 21:56
Mother and baby homes: Commission finds that 978 children died at Tuam facilityMain cause of infant death in Tuam was prematurity and respiratory infectionsTue Jan 12 2021 - 19:45
Mother and Baby Homes Commission: Who was on it and why was it set up?Commission investigated 14 mother and baby homes and four sample county homesTue Jan 12 2021 - 17:08
‘All county homes were appalling’ with women in one eating meals squatting on floorDespite local authorities having powers ‘no mother and baby home was ever prosecuted’Tue Jan 12 2021 - 17:00
Women on second pregnancy at Tuam home were sent to Magdalene laundriesCommission finds 14 mothers discharged directly to laundry in line with council policyTue Jan 12 2021 - 16:16
Mother and Baby Homes report: 9,000 children died amid high infant mortality rateThree-quarters of all children born in or admitted to Bessborough in 1943 died in infancyTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Those born in Mother and Baby Homes should have access to birth certs and redress - reportRecommendations: Compensation should be paid to some women who were in the homesTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Many men refused to marry pregnant women ‘over fear of losing social standing’Irish marriage rate was once lowest in western world, mother and baby homes commission saysTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Ireland’s proportion of unmarried mothers in homes ‘was probably highest in world’Nearly 56,000 unmarried mothers were in 18 institutions over 76 years investigated by Mother and Baby Homes CommissionTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Mother and baby homes: another chapter from dark side of 20th-century IrelandCommission set to publish final report on outrageous abuse of women and childrenSat Jan 09 2021 - 08:00
Catherine Corless: Quest for truth about children buried at Tuam mother and baby home‘I just couldn’t let it go. It just unnerved me the idea that nobody local wanted to know’Sat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00
In a Word . . . tieRemote working has meant no tie or jacket – I fear I could revert to student ‘style’Sat Jan 09 2021 - 00:30
Funeral of Bagatelle singer Liam Reilly takes place in Dundalk‘We watched him grow to become a successful songwriter and musician,’ mourners toldThu Jan 07 2021 - 14:50
Stamp marks 150th anniversary of Church of Ireland break from British church‘Church for which the Border really does not exist, as no border exists in the mind of God’Thu Jan 07 2021 - 12:47
Fr Tony Flannery questions suspension over views senior clerics shareRedemptorist disciplined for views on women’s ordination, same-sex marriage, homosexualityMon Jan 04 2021 - 12:43
Next archbishop of Dublin would like to see women deacons in ChurchDermot Farrell also suggests vow of celibacy could be a choice, as in Orthodox churchesSat Jan 02 2021 - 01:31
Catholic Archbishop-elect of Dublin prepares for major reorganisationDermot Farrell assures change will follow consultation with priests and parishionersSat Jan 02 2021 - 01:00
Dublin’s next archbishop is a former president at MaynoothDermot Farrell studied in Rome and served in Mullingar, Tullamore and DunboyneSat Jan 02 2021 - 01:00
In a Word ... PromiseAhead we see a promised land of good health, normal living and freedom to socialiseSat Jan 02 2021 - 00:30
Archbishop denounces RTÉ NYE show’s satirical report accusing God of rapeWaterford Whispers News clip ‘deeply offensive and blasphemous’, Primate saysFri Jan 01 2021 - 20:55
Church leaders differ over North’s centenary but commit to common futureCentenary ‘opens up opportunities for greater understanding’, says joint statementThu Dec 31 2020 - 16:00
Rev Victor Stacey, former Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, dies aged 76Stacey will be remembered for his ‘gentle manner and his instinct for friendship’ – ArchbishopThu Dec 31 2020 - 15:32
Successor to Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin announcedBishop of Ossory Dermot Farrell had been president at St Patrick’s College MaynoothTue Dec 29 2020 - 14:43
Incoming Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell faces daunting jobCurrent Bishop of Ossory will oversee archdiocese in which half of priests are over 70Tue Dec 29 2020 - 11:57
Death of well-known priest Msgr Tom StackLimerick-born documentary maker and writer served in Dublin all of his clerical lifeMon Dec 28 2020 - 22:18
Journalist Donal Musgrave (78) dies after long illnessLengthy career saw him cover many major stories for Examiner, Irish Press and Irish TimesMon Dec 28 2020 - 14:41
Covid-19: Four deaths and 744 cases reported as Holohan warns of ‘deteriorating’ situationNphet believes ‘higher levels of disease circulating’ than reported numbers reflectSun Dec 27 2020 - 17:58
Many now carrying heavy crosses due to Covid-19, Catholic Primate saysRestrictions on public worship justified for limited time, says Archbishop of DublinSun Dec 27 2020 - 17:25
