Relatives of coronavirus victims ‘should not attend funeral homes’Undertakers’ group issues guidelines urging delay of services and restrictions on contactMon Mar 09 2020 - 20:17
Coronavirus: ‘You think, ah sure lookit, it’s holy water’Mass-goers struggle to ditch the habit of dipping fingers into holy water fonts – despite HSE warningsSat Mar 07 2020 - 03:37
In a Word ... PrecisionBeing wrong is one thing, but insisting on being so precisely wrong is provocativeSat Mar 07 2020 - 00:30
Ireland’s Muslim leaders prepare for Friday prayers amid Covid-19 concernsMosque at Mecca closed for first time in 1,400 years to avoid spreading infectionThu Mar 05 2020 - 21:25
McAleese threatens to leave Catholic Church if Vanier story not explainedChurch must say how it commended ‘a man whose predatory proclivities it was aware of’Wed Mar 04 2020 - 01:00
Indemnity deal with congregations over redress was mistake, says MartinMary Laffoy tells documentary government ‘resistance’ led to resignation from abuse commissionTue Mar 03 2020 - 11:03
Same-sex marriage objectors need legal protection, say bishopsNorth’s Catholic bishops say no religious body should be ‘compelled’ to endorse gay marriageTue Feb 25 2020 - 21:19
Mary McAleese ‘shocked’ at L’Arche abuse revelationsFormer president offers praise and support for victims of charity’s founder Jean VanierTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:28
Jewish council to write to TDs on how to spot anti-SemitismParties should adopt internationally-recognised working definition, says representative bodyMon Feb 24 2020 - 03:01
Why did the Vatican not ask any questions about abuser Jean Vanier?Founder of disability charity L’Arche abused six women and maintained link to disgraced mentorMon Feb 24 2020 - 02:48
‘We didn’t know L’Arche founder had a darker side’Jean Vanier revelations spark concern over charity's financesMon Feb 24 2020 - 00:32
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary under fire for comments on Muslim men‘You can’t say stuff, because it’s racism, but it will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion’Sat Feb 22 2020 - 18:29
Archbishop: Sex abuse of women by L’Arche founder ‘reprehensible’Diarmuid Martin reacts to findings of report on late disabilities network founder Jean VanierSat Feb 22 2020 - 17:54
L’Arche founder implicated in sexual abuse of womenSource calls report’s findings into Jean Vanier ‘devastating, just bloody devastating’Sat Feb 22 2020 - 02:00
Who was L’Arche founder Jean Vanier?L’Arche, which helps people with intellectual disabilities, has four communities in IrelandSat Feb 22 2020 - 01:00
Record amount of money raised in 2019 Black Santa Christmas appealFifteen charities to benefit from fund-raiser outside St Ann’s church in DublinThu Feb 20 2020 - 20:31
New Church of Ireland bishop of Connor is electedChurch’s House of Bishops to meet to elect new archbishop and primate of All IrelandMon Feb 17 2020 - 21:53
Funeral held of pioneering Irish Romanian Orthodox priest Fr Godfrey O’DonnellA Jesuit who left the Catholic priesthood to marry, he was then drawn to OrthodoxyMon Feb 17 2020 - 20:53
Elements of the health service are ‘scandalous’, says Archbishop of DublinPoliticians must be held to account for promises made during election campaignThu Feb 13 2020 - 20:54
Archbishop ‘very much open’ to relaxing celibacy rule due to priest shortageIreland facing spiritual ‘famine’ because of lack of priests, says priestThu Feb 13 2020 - 19:53
Archdiocese warns mass-goers not to shake hands to avoid spread of virusesShaking of hands, taking of Communion on tongue and visiting sick not recommendedThu Feb 13 2020 - 13:54
President donates 700 books from his personal collection to librariesMost will be available to the public to borrow at libraries throughout the countryTue Feb 11 2020 - 21:29
President Higgins calls for positivity in efforts to form government‘At the appropriate time people will visit me in the Áras and I will give my blessing for however long it lasts’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 14:29
Priest fears Irish Catholic Church ‘largely irrelevant’ to most peopleInstitution likened to an old car that has gone off the road and ‘sunk into a bog and is stuck’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 13:17
Mary McAleese says ‘safe, affordable’ home should be a right for everyoneEx-president tells UN 150% rise in homelessness after 2013 pledge to resolve problem ‘hard to credit’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 12:59
In a Word: RejoiceOn James Joyce’s birthday we can rejoice in the power of language to gladden our heartsSat Feb 01 2020 - 00:30
Institution investigated by Ryan Commission should be memorial – priestFr Vincent Twomey called for annual Day of Reparation so clergy might repent for abusesThu Jan 30 2020 - 21:49
Churches urge urgent political action on housing crisisCatholic bishop says homelessness a scandal, Methodists support call for housing as a rightThu Jan 30 2020 - 20:21
Kildare priest appointed new Catholic bishop in west of IrelandFr Paul Dempsey called in the past for a ‘national gathering’ on the Church’s futureMon Jan 27 2020 - 15:42
‘Ugly anti-migrant sentiment’ on rise in Ireland – Michael D HigginsPresident to attend 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi campSun Jan 26 2020 - 18:00
Auschwitz commemoration ‘a truly remarkable achievement’Chair of Jewish Representative Council of Ireland attended event in JerusalemSun Jan 26 2020 - 17:22
Gender equality: Citizen’s Assembly moves to fulfil 1916 Proclamation aimsPublic policy, gender roles in work and care and sharing of responsibilities to be debatedSat Jan 25 2020 - 19:44
Trócaire calls on election candidates to act on climate change, human rights‘It is important that global issues feature in the election debate’, says agencyFri Jan 24 2020 - 15:37
New culture trying to ‘undo truths’ of Christianity, bishop saysPhonsie Cullinan says about 90% of ‘our people’ not regularly attending churchFri Jan 24 2020 - 09:57
SVP urges election candidates to commit to eliminating povertyCharity wants would-be TDs to engage with the marginalised and take stand against racismTue Jan 21 2020 - 13:29
Churches urge faithful to exert pressure on politicians over housing‘The State built 8,500 social houses in 1975, but was able to build only 750 two years ago’Tue Jan 21 2020 - 11:53
In a Word . . . ForecastLitany of names in shipping forecast soothes some but can irritate othersSat Jan 18 2020 - 00:30
We have already commemorated the RIC - 10 years agoControversy released was a lava of emotion erupting from deep within the innards of this State and most of its political partiesFri Jan 17 2020 - 01:09
Former pope Benedict ‘doing and saying things he opposed in the past’‘Questions over whether he is completely in charge of his faculties’Tue Jan 14 2020 - 06:04
Papal duty: Benedict XVI intervention raises question of what to do with a retired popeThe former pope has offered support to conservatives in the church who oppose changes mooted by Pope FrancisTue Jan 14 2020 - 01:00
Irish talks by controversial US Catholic preacher Jason Evert cancelledUS preacher was due to speak in UCD and Blackrock CollegeSun Jan 12 2020 - 16:01
Inquiry report into mother and baby homes may be delayedExceptional length and general election flagged as reasons that could stall publicationTue Jan 07 2020 - 02:10
