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 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
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
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
Government must address anti-discrimination laws, says NorrisCall comes after two men dismissed from Church duties after marrying same-sex partnersSun Dec 01 2019 - 20:44
Words ‘refugee’ and ‘asylum seeker’ should only arouse concern – ArchbishopRacism is nasty in its effects on men and women who need help, care, and respectSun Dec 01 2019 - 16:15
Government caught between contesting passions over retention of abuse filesSome abuse survivors want files opened while others are terrified about revelationsSat Nov 30 2019 - 03:00
Publication of Murphy report 10 years ago gave ‘confidence’ to abuse survivorsLandmark inquiry ‘changed attitude to clerical abuse’Tue Nov 26 2019 - 02:00
Papal visit to Ireland prompted increase in abuse allegationsTrend of decline reversed as claims rose by six to 20 in 2017, Dublin Archdiocese saysTue Nov 26 2019 - 00:35
Child abuse inquiry admits to ‘seriously erroneous statistic’Number of children who went through institutions investigated by Ryan Commission is about a quarter of 170,000 previously citedMon Nov 25 2019 - 20:22
Mary McAleese: Irish people have ‘no right’ to be racist‘We have to create new narrative around a reconciled Ireland where everyone is welcome’Sat Nov 23 2019 - 22:50
Head of Anglicans hopes conservative wing will not spur schismArchbishop Justin Welby does not wish to talk of Gafcon ‘as though they were the enemy’Sat Nov 23 2019 - 22:17
Removal of organist after same-sex marriage prompts open letterDrumcliffe clergy told musician ‘one of the kindest . . . faithful servants of the church’Sat Nov 23 2019 - 03:28
Níall Tóibín funeral told of ‘great actor, great comedian and great man’Late star knew his demons and knew his gifts, says Mass celebrant Fr Brian D’ArcyMon Nov 18 2019 - 20:59
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
North/South Church of Ireland divide deepensConservative clergy elected amid opposition to women bishops and same-sex marriageMon 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 . . . HalloweenIn a September during our teens a gang of us took part in cleaning up an old graveyardSat Oct 19 2019 - 00:00
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
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
