Catholics demanding Communion on the tongue a threat to public health, says priestBishops advised ‘there must be limits to appeasement’ in dealings with alt-right viewsThu Sept 17 2020 - 17:58
Fr Tony Flannery rejects Vatican offer to restore ministry for silence, submission on teaching‘I could not possibly have any more dealings with a body that produces such a document’Wed Sept 16 2020 - 21:10
Covid-19 pandemic ‘has profoundly changed Trócaire’s work,’ says chief executivePeople in poverty ‘unable to take preventative measures such as hand washing, social distancing and remote working’Mon Sept 14 2020 - 21:47
In a Word... BlessingsWe are lucky to have such a rich store of proverbs in this countrySat Sept 12 2020 - 00:30
Dublin priest seeks help moving aid to refugee camp in LebanonRosminian cleric working with Lebanese NGO trying to shift material to camp near TyreThu Sept 10 2020 - 15:09
Be more vigilant on social distancing, archbishop tells parishesDiarmuid Martin says public health authorities are concerned about church breachesTue Sept 08 2020 - 20:11
Irish Catholic Church income in ‘free-fall’ due to Covid-19, says priests’ organisation founderWithout collections ‘Catholic life, as we have it, would disappear’ - Fr Brendan HobanSun Sept 06 2020 - 16:00
Call for church bells to ring across Ireland on Saturday to honour frontline workersIn remembrance also of all who have died due to Covid–19 and their grieving familiesThu Sept 03 2020 - 22:11
Monaghan publicans meet Taoiseach to lobby for the reopening of ‘wet’ pubs‘He knows now in no uncertain terms what we need and where we are’Thu Sept 03 2020 - 18:19
First diocesan bishop ordained in Ireland since Covid-19 arrivedPaul Dempsey (49) becomes new Bishop of Achonry at ceremony in BallaghaderreenSun Aug 30 2020 - 21:02
Seminar in Dublin church on Tuam children’s home cancelled due to Covid-19Topics included ‘False allegations of child abuse against the Catholic Church, including homicide’Thu Aug 27 2020 - 19:57
In a Word ... AwkwardPatrick Kavanagh took a disastrous libel action over a Leader magazine piece in 1954Sat Aug 22 2020 - 00:30
Churchgoers warned not to criticise those not wearing masks during servicesIreland’s four main church leaders issue the call as they endorse wearing of face coveringsThu Aug 20 2020 - 15:16
Sense of powerlessness a great danger, says archbishopMichael Neary: ‘All of us feel vulnerable, fragile, wonder and worry about what the future has in store’Tue Aug 18 2020 - 00:04
Sudden closure of Sisters of Charity homes take staff, residents, and nuns by surpriseAnxiety at moving elderly residents during pandemic and no redundancy for staffMon Aug 17 2020 - 21:36
Human rights groups call for hate crime legislation in Ireland to be updatedColm O’Gorman of Amnesty International says Irish people must be ‘actively anti-racist’Sun Aug 16 2020 - 21:53
Archbishop of Dublin warns against racism and intoleranceDiarmuid Martin says he is ‘scared’ by stories of alleged racism among young peopleSun Aug 16 2020 - 16:20
In aWord ... AssumptionMary was assumed into heaven, whereas Jesus ascended under his own steamSat Aug 15 2020 - 00:30
Brendan Halligan’s funeral recalls a ‘true Dub’, an Irishman and a EuropeanFormer Labour Party TD, Senator and general secretary also led state companies and agenciesThu Aug 13 2020 - 15:41
Majority of parents believe children now face mix of classroom and home schoolingNearly half of parents will consider Covid-19 measures put in place before allowing children return to schoolWed Aug 12 2020 - 06:00
Minister insists Leaving Cert students’ results will be ‘accurate, reliable and fair’ to allControversy in Scotland after government reverses the downgrading of 124,000 students’ calculated gradesTue Aug 11 2020 - 20:21
Minister promises Leaving Cert students grades will be assessed fairlyRecognising what happened in Scotland ‘may cause anxiety for Irish students’Tue Aug 11 2020 - 19:55
People’s behaviour as important as any medicine, says Archbishop‘We will have to face and live with the challenges that the pandemic has brought’Mon Aug 10 2020 - 14:25
Knock Shrine closing for feast of Assumption of Mary due to Covid-19‘Unprecedented’ decision sees Co Mayo religious site miss out on one of year’s busiest daysMon Aug 10 2020 - 11:46
In a Word ... FansEver seen the largest self-supporting Mickey in the whole of the United States?Sat Aug 08 2020 - 00:30
Death of pioneer in advocacy for survivors of residential child abuseSoca began in Coventry and Birmingham before being set up in London, then DublinThu Aug 06 2020 - 19:18
David Griffin obituary: ‘He was like the Lord Mayor of Inchicore’Former motor racing star and car dealer remembered as a ‘gent’ and ‘great competitor’Thu Aug 06 2020 - 14:43
Kathleen Swaine obituary: The ‘coolest, most beautiful cat in town’Kathleen’s favourite thing to do was giving, and she gave to everyoneThu Aug 06 2020 - 12:30
Hugh Hunter obituary: An Aer Lingus man who loved to travelCabra native worked in Bahrain, Frankfurt and Yemen and loved going to horseracing with his wife BettyThu Aug 06 2020 - 12:30
Tom Hennessy obituary: A hard worker, full of mischief and humourMad about hurling, Tom wouldn’t be the best man to go to a match with. He’d lose the headThu Aug 06 2020 - 12:30
Labour Court rules Sisters of Charity-owned firm should pay staff public service-scale redundancy‘Wealthy institutions should not hide behind complex company structures to avoid their responsibilities’ claim INMOTue Aug 04 2020 - 19:30
John Hume funeral Mass to take place in Derry on Wednesday morning‘Death of one of our greatest sons’, says Catholic Primate Archbishop Eamon MartinMon Aug 03 2020 - 22:12
Nuns hold marathon prayer relay for Covid-19 frontlineThe 12 nuns plan to complete the marathon distance of walking in prayer in seven hoursMon Aug 03 2020 - 16:47
Covid-19: No more deaths but 53 further cases confirmed in StateOver 90 per cent of cases reported on Sunday had been identified, acting CMO saysSun Aug 02 2020 - 19:45
No money to pay redundancy to nursing home staff – Sisters of CharityCongregation has begun moving elderly residents out of three homes since early JulyFri Jul 31 2020 - 02:00
Taoiseach declines to allow 500 attend Eid celebrations in Croke Park on FridayEvent was announced before current restrictions were extended to August 10thThu Jul 30 2020 - 20:07
NUIG challenges finding that it paid for Tuam infant remainsDigital exhibition launched to tell stories of survivors of mother and baby home in GalwayThu Jul 30 2020 - 17:25
Alcohol abuse still on rise in Ireland – along with cannabis and cocaineMedian age of those entering alcohol treatment in 2019 was 41, almost two-thirds menTue Jul 28 2020 - 00:01
Call for Dublin homelessness forum following five deaths in a week‘Unprecedentedly high number’ of deaths a cause for concern, homelessness body saysMon Jul 27 2020 - 20:27
Reek Sunday: climbers on Croagh Patrick down 90% as pilgrimage cancelledAnnual August National novena at Knock is postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemicSun Jul 26 2020 - 18:10
John (Jack) Kelly obituary: Loving husband and father who loved sharing a jokeLives lost to Covid-19: Wicklow native was ‘full of mischief and a great judge of character’Thu Jul 23 2020 - 17:20
Msgr James Cassin obituary: ‘Outstanding contribution’ to Catholic educationCatholic Schools Partnership founder was ‘a builder of community, a reconciler’Thu Jul 23 2020 - 15:00
Eid celebrations confirmed to take place in Croke Park on last day in JulyOrganisers ask Taoiseach to allow 500 attend, as was case before restrictions extendedTue Jul 21 2020 - 12:08
Covid-19: Gardaí to stop people climbing Croagh Patrick on Reek SundayAnnual pilgrimage in Co Mayo cancelled for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemicMon Jul 20 2020 - 15:46
Thanks Paul Mescal for conferring sex appeal on the chunky, rural Irish maleIn a word . . . ancestorsSat Jul 18 2020 - 00:30
Muslim group seeks permission for Croke Park Eid event to go aheadEvent for 500 people was planned before Covid-19 restrictions were extendedFri Jul 17 2020 - 01:01
