Church of Ireland clergy object to conservative bishop’s appointmentLetter claims David McClay’s membership of Gafcon group ‘antithetical’ to new roleMon Nov 18 2019 - 01:00
Sexuality and spirituality are the ‘same pure water’ – Catholic priestGay priest Fr Bernárd Lynch argues sexuality is ‘total, ecstatic self-transcendence’Mon Nov 11 2019 - 21:33
Sisters of Charity urge no delay in building of new maternity hospitalHealth Minister says all outstanding issues have to be resolved before substantial building work beginsMon Nov 11 2019 - 16:30
Archbishop of Dublin’s criticisms of Maynooth ‘hard to hear’Senior figures at St Patrick’s College say Diarmuid Martin ‘not someone you can ignore’Mon Nov 11 2019 - 01:00
Lay Catholics could soon be officiating at baptisms, weddings and funeralsCelibate gay men welcome in priesthood say senior Irish church figuresMon Nov 11 2019 - 00:59
Mary McAleese: Brexit has produced an ‘enraged, not engaged society’Former president says any border poll would require less emotional, more cerebral debateTue Nov 05 2019 - 20:12
Gay Byrne was a loyal, if questioning Catholic all his lifeByrne was the creation of two immovable forces of the mid-20th century – mother and churchMon Nov 04 2019 - 23:04
McAleese urges Ireland to show kindness to strangers and speaks of ‘cowardly’ bishopsEx-president also criticises Pope John Paul teaching and bishop’s yoga commentsSat Nov 02 2019 - 22:15
Mary McAleese elected as chancellor of Trinity College DublinFormer president, whose husband is chancellor of DCU, succeeds Mary Robinson in TCD roleThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:05
Dublin church funeral fees to rise by 23% from JanuaryIncrease to €400 represents advance of 54% since 2018 in Catholic Church feesTue Oct 29 2019 - 02:28
Irish gay Catholic priest to be honoured by President HigginsFr Bernárd Lynch best known for his work with Aids victims in New York and LondonTue Oct 29 2019 - 01:00
Youth homelessness exacerbated, not solved, by emergency servicesConference hears call for radical change in how youth homelessness is addressedThu Oct 24 2019 - 15:32
Archbishop attacks ‘nastiness’ of social media comments by Catholic punditsDiarmuid Martin says ‘negativity and polarisation’ not way to defend Church teachingMon Oct 21 2019 - 10:32
Deep rifts over Presbyterian Church’s hard line on same-sex marriageNew laws in North will see further divisions emerge as attitudes harden within churchMon Oct 21 2019 - 01:00
In a Word . . . excludedIt was 2001, Desmond Connell was about to get the red hat, and we Irish media were locked outSat Oct 19 2019 - 00:00
In a Word . . . HalloweenIn a September during our teens a gang of us took part in cleaning up an old graveyardSat Oct 19 2019 - 00:00
Writing memoir ‘up there’ with Phil Coulter’s ‘many professional challenges’History has proven that Ireland’s Call ‘has ticked the box it was supposed to tick’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 21:21
Eradication of poverty event told of direct provision hardshipEvent told ‘not right that we have over 100,000 children still living in poverty in Ireland’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 19:11
John Henry Newman canonised by Pope FrancisFounding rector of Ireland’s only Catholic university declared saintSun Oct 13 2019 - 15:19
In a Word . . . EuropeThe Irish are linked to old European history by an ancient saint to modern slogansSat Oct 12 2019 - 00:00
Irish universities ‘lost Newman’s dream’, Archbishop of Dublin saysColleges ‘shun any real place for religion in their culture’, Diarmuid Martin saysFri Oct 11 2019 - 18:48
Archbishop calls for Government to take action against racismDiarmuid Martin says rise in immigration will create issues that must be addressedThu Oct 10 2019 - 16:35
UCD says it will be represented at Cardinal Newman canonisationUniversity confirms vice-president will attend after criticism of ‘narrow-minded’ omissionWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:41
Border communities are becoming pawns in Brexit politics, archbishop warnsMichael Jackson criticises the ‘cynical neglect’ in the debate on the UK’s exitTue Oct 08 2019 - 18:39
Nude Biblical images by Glenstal monk are banned by Facebook‘We don’t allow ads with content that features sexually suggestive posturing ’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 14:23
Former registrar appeals for UCD to attend canonisation of Cardinal Newman‘Should be very proud, even boastful, that he was the founder and first Rector’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 14:14
No official Irish presence at Cardinal Newman canonisationNeither Government nor UCD expected to have official representation in RomeMon Oct 07 2019 - 03:00
Brexit: Dismay as North’s pro-remain voices are ignoredRemainers – largely Catholic and nationalist – grow worried as deadline approachesSat Oct 05 2019 - 02:00
In a Word . . . YouthCoffee’s taking far too long/The young barista is singing a song/Don’t worry, be happySat Oct 05 2019 - 00:00
Catholic bishops warn against activities of anti-immigrant groups in Irish society‘Throughout history vulnerable people have had to flee their homes’Thu Oct 03 2019 - 11:51
North’s Catholics left out of UK Brexit debate, Primate Eamon Martin says‘ I’ve become increasingly alarmed at the way the people have found themselves going back into the trenches’Wed Oct 02 2019 - 03:00
Department of Justice ‘disappointed’ with decision to withdraw Oughterard tenderFlanagan says those against direct provision should make clear how they would house those currently in centres around countryWed Oct 02 2019 - 02:17
Bishop Séamus Hegarty had deep commitment to Irish emigrants, funeral toldRetired Bishop of Derry had ‘asked for forgiveness from those who suffered cruelly’Mon Sept 23 2019 - 23:16
President Higgins has moral responsibility for Defence Forces welfareSupreme commander of Defence Forces is clearly troubled by Government handling of pay issueTue Sept 17 2019 - 06:00
Minister urges farmers and beef processors to resolve current impasse‘The only way to resolve these significant challenges for the sector is by negotiation’Mon Sept 09 2019 - 21:44
Catholic politicians must defend life from ‘conception to death’Archbishop says no right to confuse personal opinion with well-formed Christian conscienceFri Sept 06 2019 - 02:00
Unclear whether Catholic Church has future in Ireland – priest‘Once we mattered too much, now we’ve moved beyond antipathy into apathy’Thu Sept 05 2019 - 18:56
Catholic bishops recognise ‘healing’ of woman at Knock‘She had not been able to walk or see, but now she could walk and even read a book’Tue Sept 03 2019 - 16:41
Head of Franciscan order awarded honorary doctorate by UCDBr Tony Dolan works in agricultural education in Ireland, Kenya and UgandaTue Sept 03 2019 - 16:26
Fr Tony Coote was ‘the ultimate connector’, funeral hearsBrother tells congregation motor neurone disease campaigner ‘left on his own terms’Mon Sept 02 2019 - 20:29
New academic post at TCD to be named after Fr Tony CooteMotor neuron disease sufferer helped raise almost €700,000 in walk from Donegal to CorkMon Sept 02 2019 - 20:24
‘Hate crime has no place in today’s Ireland,’ says ArchbishopMichael Jackson expresses Church of Ireland’s solidarity with victims in letter to imamsThu Aug 29 2019 - 20:26
Fr Tony Coote obituary: A priest who found hope in adversity‘When the train stops I will step onto that platform with hope and no fear’Thu Aug 29 2019 - 18:42
Maynooth seminary ‘trapped in an old vision’, says Archbishop of DublinDiarmuid Martin calls for radical reform of St Patrick’s College, of which he is a trusteeTue Aug 27 2019 - 01:00
