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
Racism and intolerance are ‘dangerous explosives’ – Diarmuid MartinFear of immigrants can be exploited in terms to support narrow populism says archbishopWed Jan 01 2020 - 16:03
Closure of Cúnamh Adoption Services ‘a huge disappointment’Under proposed legislation all such services will be vested solely in State agenciesTue Dec 31 2019 - 02:03
Catholic parish apologises for hurt caused by anti-IVF messageFacebook message from Tullamore parish described as ‘extremely hurtful’ by Simon HarrisMon Dec 30 2019 - 18:42
Death of Brendan Ó Cathaoir, historian and former Irish Times journalistPresident Michael D Higgins leads tributes to author of Famine DiariesMon Dec 30 2019 - 13:58
Catholic parish under fire for Christmas message condemning IVFFacebook page of Tullamore’s Catholic parish in Offaly was taken down amid criticismSun Dec 29 2019 - 20:29
Archbishop calls for alliance to combat ‘the right’Increasingly hatred, racism, and a creeping anti–Semitism, are part of this worldSun Dec 29 2019 - 13:53
Cardinal (92) who ‘sought deal’ to bury sex abuse documents resignsMary McAleese described encounter with Angelo Sodano as ‘devastating moment’Sat Dec 21 2019 - 15:27
Priest says most Christmas hymns a load of ‘holy smoke’Ten most used hymns have words and phrases ‘unhelpful or meaningless even to thoughtful believers’Sat Dec 21 2019 - 01:00
In a Word: WishLike many of the things most real to us, wishes have never been seen by anybodySat Dec 21 2019 - 00:00
Catholic adoption agency Cúnamh closes its Dublin doors after 106 yearsLegislative changes will vest all future legal rights and responsibilities for information and trace services solely in State agenciesFri Dec 20 2019 - 20:31
New ‘toxic’ language of racism emerging in Ireland, cleric warnsFr Michael Mullaney says hostility being stoked towards the ‘other’ in public discourseThu Dec 19 2019 - 23:00
Beatification of Irish-American archbishop postponedConcern raised about evangelist Fulton Sheen’s handling of clerical child-abuse claimsThu Dec 19 2019 - 21:50
Not meaning to crib but . . . timing of most nativity scenes is offChristmas cribs overcrowded, with several characters arriving too early, says bishopTue Dec 17 2019 - 04:00
Ireland to be recognised as one of world’s best places to grow oldState’s 31 local authorities deemed among global best at catering for older peopleMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
Ireland gets set to make life better as older population surgesUN recognises ageing as one of key demographics of 20th and 21st centuriesMon Dec 16 2019 - 01:00
In a Word . . . migrationLemass was taoiseach, everything was changing, when we moved to BallaghaderreenSat Dec 07 2019 - 00:00
Renewed appeal made for recovery of head of Archbishop statueReward being offered by Tipperary parish for information on missing piece of figureSun Dec 01 2019 - 21:42
