Presbyterian clergy concerned about 12-week abortion proposalRecommendations ‘undermine assurances’ abortion will not be introduced for disabilityThu Jan 18 2018 - 11:23
International study criticises lack of mental health reform in Ireland‘Austerity measures and lack of clear policy guidance has resulted in very little progress’Tue Jan 16 2018 - 12:24
Call for wider support for carers of children with disabilitiesFoster carer in ‘Molly’ case says HSE, Tusla left her ‘financially, emotionally and physically drained’Mon Jan 15 2018 - 22:11
Priests clash over ‘sinister’ advice for meeting bishopsKildare and Leighlin diocesan priests rebuke suggestion to ‘prepare for worst’ if calledMon Jan 15 2018 - 12:28
Dangerous to believe worst of abuse behind us, says bishopTo relax would be ‘a profound error which would compound the historical failures’, conference hearsSun Jan 14 2018 - 22:15
Counter-defamation actions arise from occupations at Apollo HouseRTÉ’s John Kilraine has begun legal action over Facebook post by Unite’s Brendan OgleSun Jan 14 2018 - 21:53
Death of St Vincent de Paul’s Prof John Monaghan (73)Retired lecturer at Trinity College Dublin was the society’s national vice-presidentSun Jan 14 2018 - 21:19
Two-thirds of Catholic dioceses do not publish accounts onlineLay Catholic lobby group criticises church’s lack of financial transparencySun Jan 14 2018 - 09:30
In a word . . . GimpI interviewed Donal McCann once, and approached with nervous uncertaintySat Jan 06 2018 - 00:00
Zealots on both sides prepare for battle over Eighth AmendmentAnti-abortion and pro-choice activists will create a bear pit ahead of referendumTue Jan 02 2018 - 05:45
Bishop defends comic Al Porter against ‘darkness’ visited upon him‘May heads on plates be off the menu in 2018,’ says Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of DublinMon Jan 01 2018 - 19:06
Michael D Higgins ‘our best diplomat’, says ArchbishopDiarmuid Martin praises gardaí, Defence Forces and Naval Service at new year MassMon Jan 01 2018 - 14:37
A busy year on the cards for the Catholic ChurchAbortion referendum, pope’s visit and new bishop appointments will dominate 2018Sat Dec 30 2017 - 06:30
Lotto winning Mayo priest: God gave it to me for some reason and I will give it awayPriest with links to Kennedy clan lands €500,000 lottery winSat Dec 30 2017 - 03:30
In a Word . . . SatedSo sated are we by now that a prolonged doing-without will put an edge to life by the arrival of that lesser month, FebruarySat Dec 30 2017 - 00:00
Priest home on holidays wins €500,000 in EuroMillions draw‘Lucky’ cleric pledges to share his winnings with those in need as woman who sold ticket describes him as ‘nice gentleman’Fri Dec 29 2017 - 16:47
Pope Francis challenges those stirring up fear of migrantsPope calls for peace, not the ‘sowing of violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia’Thu Dec 28 2017 - 15:44
Friends married in Dublin to avoid paying inheritance taxTwo grooms, two witnesses, a harpist and the registrar attendedFri Dec 22 2017 - 18:59
‘Save crib’ petition at Beaumont Hospital gathers 1,000 signaturesSome staff and patients angered by management ban on cribs in foyer and wardsFri Dec 22 2017 - 02:30
No State funding for the trust that Alice builtThe Alice Leahy Trust provides showers and clothes for those living on Dublin’s streetsFri Dec 22 2017 - 01:00
Columba Press founder Seán O’Boyle dies aged 71Publishing titles included ‘The Glenstal Book of Prayer’ which sold over 150,000 copiesThu Dec 21 2017 - 15:59
Repeal of Eighth would mean ‘some lives are lesser than others’Diarmuid Martin says church has ‘a right to present position respectfully but strongly’Mon Dec 18 2017 - 19:53
Friends’ marriage to avoid inheritance tax ‘lawful’, says McDowellTwo men in their 80s plan to marry next month in bid to avoid large tax billSun Dec 17 2017 - 18:14
GAA players’ sleep-out raises €200,000 for homeless charitiesGaelic Voices for Change see players in Ireland, US and Canada show solidarity with homelessSun Dec 17 2017 - 13:43
In a Word . . . Snowflakes‘I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today,’ said very ancient Greek in 650 BCSat Dec 16 2017 - 00:00
GAA players sleeping out to support homelessnessAlarmed at reports that Ireland has highest child homelessness rate in EuropeFri Dec 15 2017 - 20:35
Meeting to be held over sale of Magdalene laundry to hotel group‘All memory of what occurred in this place will be erased’ if building sold, says councillorFri Dec 15 2017 - 14:20
Faith leaders respond to Dáil committee’s abortion verdictsAlthough particulars vary, all faiths accept abortion allowed in narrow circumstancesThu Dec 14 2017 - 19:23
Abortion debate lacks clarity of 1983 , says John BrutonHuge change in values has taken place since abortion referendum, says Mary O’RourkeThu Dec 14 2017 - 18:29
Live crib animal ‘looks just like Donald Trump’Mansion House crib delights children as Luas-dodging farmer brings animals in dailyMon Dec 11 2017 - 18:53
New Bishop of Galway appointedAppointment breaks pattern of episcopal appointments from outside diocesesMon Dec 11 2017 - 11:50
In a word . . . ClothesRecently I received emails from London-based fashion designer Tom Cridland offering clothes that last 30 years – part of his campaign against planned obsolescenceSat Dec 09 2017 - 00:00
Pope seeks new version of Lord’s Prayer: Has he tried it in Irish?‘It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department,’ says Pope FrancisFri Dec 08 2017 - 18:13
Name of children’s hospital ‘unlikely to be Phoenix’ says Minister for HealthEuropean Investment Bank loan of €490 million for National Children’s HospitalFri Dec 08 2017 - 15:46
Irish Muslims condemn recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capitalMuslims reject Trump acceptance of holy city as ‘the capital of Zionist occupying forces’Thu Dec 07 2017 - 17:25
Entire board at psychotherapy association replacedIrish Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy may have no role post-2018Mon Dec 04 2017 - 01:00
Inappropriate use of national anthem to be discussed in Seanad‘Amhrán na bhFiann’, out of copyright since 2012, was used to promote Dunnes StoresSun Dec 03 2017 - 21:36
In a word . . . WishI might persuade Kim Jong UN to enter the Rose of Tralee – as Pyongyang RoseSat Dec 02 2017 - 00:00
Free contraception in Ireland to be looked at, Dáil Committee is toldSince 2013 just one woman lost an appeal of a decision refusing her an abortionThu Nov 30 2017 - 21:18
GAA players organise sleep-outs in support of homeless‘We can no longer accept this level of inequality’ says Wexford star Diarmuid LyngThu Nov 30 2017 - 19:21
Hundreds of defibrillators in urgent need of update, agency warnsCardiac episode sufferers’ lives at risk in Ireland if defibrillator devices not checkedTue Nov 28 2017 - 15:50
Some 120,000 from abroad have become Irish citizens since 2011‘Do not forget your own country, your own people, your own traditions’, advises judgeMon Nov 27 2017 - 20:57
In a word . . . workThen there were those secular Freudian sanctifications of work as sublimated lustSat Nov 25 2017 - 00:00
In a Word . . . MidlandsI propose that the new brand for our Midlands should be ‘Tranquillity Ireland’Sat Nov 25 2017 - 00:00
The word Christmas ‘has lost all meaning for believers’, priest saysCatholics should substitute word ‘nativity’ for Christmas, Desmond O’Donnell saysSat Nov 18 2017 - 13:48
Irish-American priest to be beatified in DetroitFr Solanus Casey known for his attention to the sick and abilities as a spiritual counsellorSat Nov 18 2017 - 13:16
In a Word . . . womenFor so long women were like ‘Indians’ in America before 1492 or Aborigines in Australia before 1770 – they didn’t exist!Sat Nov 18 2017 - 00:00
Death of Fr Ronan Drury, editor of the ‘Furrow’Priest ‘re-energised by the promise and possibilities of Vatican II’ dies at 93Fri Nov 17 2017 - 21:45
Catholic primate recalls challenges of priesthood in 1990sEamon Martin tells of ‘downcast’ atmosphere among young priests at tumultuous timeFri Nov 17 2017 - 19:06
