In A Word... ageWho would want to be 21 again? It was grand at the time but it’s someone else’s turn nowSat Dec 01 2018 - 06:00
In a Word ... CongenialityMy destiny was writ. I was to be stuck for half an hour making turgid conversationWed Nov 21 2018 - 12:53
Saint Patrick’s College creates special award to honour Emma Mhic MhathúnaAward named for CervicalCheck controversy campaigner will benefit mature studentsTue Nov 13 2018 - 15:08
Rehoused heart of St Laurence O’Toole to be unveiled at Christ ChurchNew enclosure for relic stolen in 2012 to be blessed in ecumenical serviceTue Nov 13 2018 - 00:01
Amnesty withdraws highest award from Aung San Suu KyiHuman rights group accuses Myanmar leader of ‘shameful betrayal’ of valuesMon Nov 12 2018 - 17:31
Call for an end to Presidents taking religious oathsAtheist Ireland campaigns against exclusion of conscientious atheists from public officeSun Nov 11 2018 - 21:23
President Higgins echoes first Dáil in inauguration speechLeader calls for a ‘Republic of inclusivity, love and joy’ as he is inaugurated for second termSun Nov 11 2018 - 19:51
Armistice: Catholic Primate tells Belfast of shared story of common sufferingPeace ‘means coming out of our own trenches; building bridges, not parapets’, Eamon Martin saysSun Nov 11 2018 - 17:47
Quaker white poppy event in Dublin gets ‘extraordinary’ responseWhite linked to peace as opposed to red poppy ‘embroiled in UK politics’, Quakers saySun Nov 11 2018 - 17:16
Recalling WWI horror will help avoid conflict, says Cork mayorTributes are paid on Armistice centenary to 4,500 Cork men and women who diedSun Nov 11 2018 - 16:36
In a Word ... ArmisticeThe first World War was hilariously described as ‘the war to end all wars’Sun Nov 11 2018 - 00:00
Armistice Day events to take place around Ireland on SundayGalway events will commemorate 1,400 men from county who died in WWISat Nov 10 2018 - 01:00
Need for basic shelter in Dublin to accommodate rough sleepers among homelessShould be run by mature staff, not idealistic young people who burn out, says Alice LeahyThu Nov 08 2018 - 19:18
Public did not ‘vote for abortion in all circumstances’ – Simon HarrisAbortion Bill: TDs debate 180 proposed amendments by pro-choice and anti-abortion TDsTue Nov 06 2018 - 22:14
One in Four launches exhibition by people who suffered sexual abuse as childrenSurvivors tell their stories in images and text, creating a ‘compelling, disturbing’ exhibitionTue Nov 06 2018 - 17:49
Some Catholic clergy scapegoating media for papal disappointmentsRite & Reason: Bishop says there was ‘consistent negative coverage in the media in the final weeks of preparation’Tue Nov 06 2018 - 01:00
Magdalene women excluded from redress scheme to be paidGovernment says it will resolve issue of 200 survivors whose awards were withheldMon Nov 05 2018 - 22:01
White poppy ceremony at Dublin’s Merrion Square to mark Armistice DayQuaker organised commemoration will take place on centenary of end to World War IMon Nov 05 2018 - 15:39
Flashpoints imminent in Ireland’s decade of centenariesSoloheadbeg ambush in January 1919 among most controversial episodes in periodFri Nov 02 2018 - 05:57
Zappone to address Boston conference on abuse in IrelandBy 1951 more than 1 per cent of the Irish population was incarcerated in institutionsThu Nov 01 2018 - 13:42
Stark east/west European differences on attitudes, religion and identityIreland tightly aligned to liberal values with 69% believing in God, Pew survey findsTue Oct 30 2018 - 19:20
Clerical abuse complaints surged ahead of papal visit in summerArchbishop tells conference focus on abuse prompted survivors to come forwardMon Oct 29 2018 - 20:33
Catholic Church to hold fifth national collection to pay for papal visitBishop blames media’s consistent negative coverage for shortfall in fundraisingMon Oct 29 2018 - 14:53
Blasphemy is gone from Constitution but why should we stop there?Time to expunge other dated articles to create inclusive documentMon Oct 29 2018 - 01:00
Ireland votes as one to remove blasphemy from Constitution‘Ireland is rightly proud of our reputation as a modern, liberal society,’ says FlanaganSun Oct 28 2018 - 18:27
In a word... alcoholIt pains me to see you portrayed as toxic, Al. You are notSat Oct 27 2018 - 01:00
Church leaders meet Tánaiste to discuss concerns over Stormont impasseDeadlock ‘affecting community life, public services and cross-Border co-operation’Fri Oct 26 2018 - 01:00
Ex-minister behind blasphemy reform will vote Yes in referendumDermot Ahern says 2009 law was designed to make prosecutions for the act impossibleFri Oct 26 2018 - 00:40
Tuam home’s infant mortality rates ‘like those of 1700s’HSE papers also claim senior Church figures were involved in trafficking of childrenFri Oct 26 2018 - 00:20
Blasphemy and Ireland: Everything you need to knowA guide to how the State’s ban on blasphemy became a lawThu Oct 25 2018 - 14:30
July report found 89% of relatives of dead Tuam children want total excavationMajority living in area close to former mother and child home opposed to extensive exhumationTue Oct 23 2018 - 21:37
Bon Secours sisters agree to contribute €2.5 million to costs Tuam excavation‘It is an offer, it is a contribution to the costs, it is voluntary, it is not a settlement, it is not an indemnity’ - Katherine ZapponeTue Oct 23 2018 - 20:20
Press Council and Press Ombudsman have made it ‘easier to get redress’Concerns raised about word ‘junkie’ and images of rough sleepers to illustrate homelessnessTue Oct 23 2018 - 18:18
Amnesty and ICCL call for Yes vote in blasphemy referendum‘Criminalising blasphemy has no place in a modern democracy such as ours’Mon Oct 22 2018 - 16:15
In a Word... MemoryOur mother was admitted to the nursing home and does not fully realise where she isSat Oct 20 2018 - 00:00
‘Material things are not important to me,’ says HigginsPresident believes remaining years of Decade of Centenaries will provide difficult challengeThu Oct 18 2018 - 19:14
Women who had children ‘forcibly taken’ still face discriminationPhilomena Lee refused right to give evidence in public to mother and baby home inquiryMon Oct 15 2018 - 18:16
Wherefore art thou Mary, Elizabeth, John, Patrick, William?Once popular first names now facing ‘extinction’ in IrelandMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI canonised in RomeTwo of the 20th century’s most contentious figures saintedSun Oct 14 2018 - 19:35
Why did Cardinal Wuerl resign as archbishop of Washington?Cardinal was heavily criticised over his handling of abuse allegations against three priests while bishop of PittsburghFri Oct 12 2018 - 12:55
Priest left ‘feeling flat’ after visit of Pope Francis, meeting hearsAssociation of Catholic Priests describe member as ‘extremely discouraged’ by attitude of bishopsWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:19
Oscar Romero: one-time conservative who became a nation's social martyrLate Salvadoran archbishop is to be canonised by Pope Francis on SundayWed Oct 10 2018 - 12:00
Being Anglican in Ireland can only become more difficult due to Brexit says ArchbishopBeing Anglican and Irish a religious and psychological issue not political or territorialTue Oct 09 2018 - 22:11
Disharmony at Church of Ireland school in Greystones ‘regrettable’, synod toldDublin and Glendalough diocesan synod takes place in GreystonesTue Oct 09 2018 - 21:59
Further drop in seminarians entering St Patrick’s College, MaynoothThere are just two seminaries left to train diocesan priests for Ireland: the seminary at Maynooth and the Irish College in RomeFri Oct 05 2018 - 19:18
Final Mass in one of Ireland’s largest Catholic churches to take place in Dublin‘When first built it was almost too small – people came early to Mass to get a seat!’Fri Oct 05 2018 - 18:39
