In a Word . . . ReekA colleague from another paper was with me and we had decided to climb Croagh Patrick in the traditional manner, at nightSat Jul 29 2017 - 00:00
Memorial to be unveiled to two gardaí shot dead by bank robbers in 1980Families of John Morley and Henry Byrne to attend ceremony in Co RoscommonFri Jul 28 2017 - 14:51
Regulator concerned over €84,000 payments to charity foundersAtaxia Ireland chief did not tell trustees of sums provided to her parents, report findsThu Jul 27 2017 - 13:50
Asylum seeker treatment as bad as institutional abuse, says priestMartin Pender says Congolese asylum seekers left to ‘eat and sleep and walk around’Tue Jul 25 2017 - 01:00
GAA: The surviving, thriving third pillar of nationalist IrelandOver 1.3 million attended championship games between May and September 2016Mon Jul 24 2017 - 12:33
Nun who inspired U2 song is Bono’s guest at Croke Park gigSinger met Sr Anne Carr in Malawi in 2002 and wrote ‘Crumbs from Your Table’ about herSat Jul 22 2017 - 01:00
In a Word . . . EcclesiastesI reserve my direst wrath for those who push Ecclesiastes in the bereaved’s directionSat Jul 22 2017 - 00:00
New dedicated men’s health website www.malehealth.ie launched in DublinSite a ‘key milestone in the journey of Men’s Sheds’ movementThu Jul 20 2017 - 21:36
Cheap houses, terrible planning: the ballad of BallaghaderreenThat the Roscommon town has the cheapest housing in the State is down to official policyTue Jul 18 2017 - 12:51
‘Man of faith’ Marty Morrissey to appear at Knock ShrineAugust novena one of the biggest annual events in the Irish Catholic Church calendarMon Jul 17 2017 - 13:52
Trade unionist ‘exposed atrocious conditions of workers and families’Centenary: William Partridge (1874-1917) had key role in 1913 Lock Out and Irish Citizen ArmySat Jul 15 2017 - 19:33
Douglas Hyde conference: Galway suffering from ‘economic success’Without artists ‘there can be no sense of a life lived beyond limiting, stifling boundaries’Fri Jul 14 2017 - 21:53
Centenary of 1916 made ‘profound statement’ about Irish identityRoscommon celebrates Douglas Hyde Conference with speakers Garry Hynes, Sean KyneThu Jul 13 2017 - 21:08
Archbishop Martin proved right about school patronageChurchman a lone voice among brother bishops in reading sign of timesWed Jul 12 2017 - 05:19
Church must show ‘mercy’ to complex family life in Ireland, Cardinal says‘Family in Ireland has complexities it didn’t have heretofore,’ says Archbishop of ViennaTue Jul 11 2017 - 19:49
Catholic bishops appeal for east Africa famine donationsSpecial collections to take place at all Masses across Ireland over July 22nd/23rdMon Jul 10 2017 - 18:42
Catholic sectarianism frustrated 1916 ideals, says Diarmuid MartinDominance of sectarian ethos ‘had negative effects on realisation of ideas of Proclamation’Mon Jul 10 2017 - 15:08
In a Word . . . WhataboutismCommentators on the Troubles embraced the term ‘whataboutery’Sat Jul 08 2017 - 00:00
In a Word . . . OrangeOne of the very first messages Teresa May received was from the Portadown OrangemenSat Jul 01 2017 - 00:00
Crisis in Irish Catholic priesthood revealed at meetings of clergyMeeting in Limerick hears call for confidential helpline for priestsTue Jun 27 2017 - 19:27
Church leaders unite to urge Stormont politicians to end impasseMen say there is a pressing need to end the political deadlock ‘in the interests of all in our society’Mon Jun 26 2017 - 21:43
Parents spend an average of €845 on First CommunionBank survey shows 1% rise in money spent on day, with make-up/hair for girls costing €41 per childMon Jun 26 2017 - 01:00
At 25, Ireland’s youngest priest is ordained in Co KildareAlmost a third of priests in Kildare and Leighlin Catholic diocese are over 75Sun Jun 25 2017 - 21:26
Taoiseach’s sexual orientation ‘not an issue’ at Clonskeagh mosque‘The (Muslim) community in Ireland are living in Ireland where this is allowed by law’Sun Jun 25 2017 - 20:19
Taoiseach warns judges to respect separation of powersVaradkar says Government pressing ahead with judicial appointments billSun Jun 25 2017 - 16:40
‘Upset’ all round as priest made principal of Ennis schoolBishop of Killaloe appointed St Flannan’s only priest to the post without advertisingSat Jun 24 2017 - 01:00
In a Word . . . JohnSt John’s Eve was an occasion for major bonfires all over our part of the world in those daysSat Jun 24 2017 - 00:00
Lapsed Irish Catholics ‘most sympathetic’ to Jews, says authorJoyce, Binchy and O’Brien show ‘a link between lapsed Catholics and philo-semitism’Tue Jun 20 2017 - 20:41
Sam Maguire to be remembered with eight bells at Co Cork churchSt Mary’s Church of Ireland in Dunmanway, where Maguire is buried, to install bells this summerTue Jun 20 2017 - 10:10
Protestants and Catholics sharing church in Co MonaghanSt Mary’s in Castleblayney moving in with St Maeldoid’s from todayMon Jun 19 2017 - 11:29
Priest appointed principal of Clare school after bishop's recommendationBishop says he is ‘willing to discuss’ appointment of priest in EnnisMon Jun 19 2017 - 01:00
Trinity Access Programme encourages people to go on to universityWhat do a Burmese refugee and an inner-city grandmother have in common? A chance of a degreeSat Jun 17 2017 - 01:00
In a Word . . . ChildishDoes Joyce’s 101-letter word symbolise a thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve?Sat Jun 17 2017 - 00:00
Maynooth seminary to be overhauled after turbulent periodSeminary and Pontifical University at St Patrick’s College to be separatedFri Jun 16 2017 - 20:51
Millions face starvation across east Africa, warns TrócaireTrócaire appeals to Irish to donate money for South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and KenyaThu Jun 15 2017 - 21:34
St Patrick’s College president appointed to Irish College in ParisMaynooth seminary was subject of controversy around alleged ‘gay subculture’Thu Jun 15 2017 - 19:48
Institutional abuse: NI report scathing at how Nazareth homes were runInquiries on both sides of Border criticised care in homes run by Sisters of NazarethWed Jun 14 2017 - 01:00
Fr Jack Finucane funeral Mass held at Kimmage ManorConcern co-founder brought ‘humanity to the most inhuman situations’Mon Jun 12 2017 - 20:35
Bishop says Scottish church’s move on gay marriage ‘a way forward’Scottish Episcopal Church first major congregation in UK to allow same-sex marriageSun Jun 11 2017 - 20:44
Ireland’s first ever Jesuit bishop to take over in Raphoe diocese‘As a Jesuit I bring strengths and weaknesses to this appointment,’ says Fr Alan McGuckianSun Jun 11 2017 - 19:47
Catholic bishops speak of ‘hostility’ and ‘persecution’ of church‘In every age people have written obituary of the church and our age is no exception’Sun Jun 11 2017 - 19:34
Spending on elderly cut by third since 2009, Citizens’ Assembly hearsCosts of care for growing older population may require new social insurance schemeSun Jun 11 2017 - 18:56
NI peace process began with question from Fr Alec Reid to Gerry AdamsNew book recalls fascinating life and eye-witness accounts of late Belfast priestWed Jun 07 2017 - 11:19
Catholic bishops praise court decision on asylum seekersCouncil has publicly raised issues related to direct provision centres in recent yearsMon Jun 05 2017 - 21:18
Rome’s leading Irishman hopes 2018 Dublin event will be ‘great moment of revival’Cardinal Kevin Farrell: World Meeting of Families will be ‘the beginning of a new process’ in the ChurchThu Jun 01 2017 - 22:00
Catholic archbishop has no wish to be chair of National Maternity HospitalDiarmuid Martin a ‘firm believer in having hospitals with a voluntary component in their management’Thu Jun 01 2017 - 15:43
Former Church of Ireland archbishop Donald Caird diesNoted Irish language scholar and ecumenist was ‘loved and respected in equal measure’Thu Jun 01 2017 - 15:41
