Staff and students protesting at former CICE site in RathminesClaim management and Department have failed to engage with compensation issuesFri Jan 27 2017 - 13:37
Staff and students at former Church of Ireland college protestAfter 200 years Rathmines college of education closure occurred with one day’s noticeThu Jan 26 2017 - 20:06
Msgr Fernando Orcariz Brana named Opus Dei leaderPrelature founded in Spain has 94,000 members, one-third of which are celibate laityTue Jan 24 2017 - 22:07
Hindu leader praises Kildare parish for hosting yogaWelcome is two years after Derry priest warned of ‘slippery slope from yoga to Satan’Tue Jan 24 2017 - 20:56
Methodist Church praises Martin McGuinness’s work for peaceRev Bill Mullally acclaims former deputy first minister’s ‘courage and bridge-building’Tue Jan 24 2017 - 20:52
TK Whitaker ‘a gem amongst men’, funeral hearsInfluential civil servant’s son pays tribute to ‘wonderful father and great patriot’Fri Jan 13 2017 - 16:47
State right not to consult Ballaghaderreen on refugeesGiving platform to naysayers would have sown division in welcoming townWed Jan 11 2017 - 01:06
Fr Tony Flannery to ignore Vatican ban to celebrate MassKenny took letter from priest, suspended for views on Catholic teachings, to pope during visitMon Jan 09 2017 - 18:45
Half a millennium later the Reformation still shapes our worldAlone in northern Europe, Ireland remained Catholic following Luther’s revolutionSat Jan 07 2017 - 01:00
Four youths held over public order offences in Dublin cityDPP to consider charges over disturbances in Henry Street area on St Stephen’s DayFri Jan 06 2017 - 19:47
US Congress ‘is as Christian as it was in the 1960s’New study finds that Capitol Hill does not reflect religious composition of AmericaThu Jan 05 2017 - 16:31
Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’Tue Jan 03 2017 - 17:45
New asylum application process comes into effectStreamlined system aims to cut length of time applicants spend in direct provisionTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Atlantic Philanthropies’ grants to education and healthcareMillions pumped into Ireland’s universities, North and South, by Atlantic PhilanthropiesTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Culture of violence difficult to understand, says archbishopDiarmuid Martin urges halt to gangland violence and warns of increase in stabbingsSun Jan 01 2017 - 16:48
In a word . . . TruthWhat has been a greater tragedy in 2016 than the death of Truth?Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:00
1916 events done with objectivity and respect, says archbishopArchbishop Michael Jackson says Ireland took Somme back into its identity in 2016Thu Dec 29 2016 - 16:14
In a Word . . . Lie – how can people lie to children about Santa’I saw Santa’s teeth marks in the Christmas cake and his footprints in ashes beside our fireSat Dec 24 2016 - 00:00
Jesus was ‘a migrant child’, bishops stress in Christmas messageMore fact-checking needed in our ‘post-truth society’, says religious ministerFri Dec 23 2016 - 17:16
Man charged with murder of two women in Perth, Australia, 20 years agoCiara Glennon (27), of Irish parentage, in Ireland a short time before deathFri Dec 23 2016 - 17:12
The real thing: Scientists recreate Santa Claus’s faceResearchers in Liverpool use facial reconstruction to produce image of St NicholasFri Dec 23 2016 - 01:00
Dublin City Interfaith Charter signed for all religions in the cityLord Mayor calls for people to take in Syrian families as they are ‘our brothers and sisters’Tue Dec 20 2016 - 22:04
Contributions to Black Santa charity fall 50% due to Luas worksCanon says he was assured Dawson St church barriers would be gone before appealTue Dec 20 2016 - 20:35
President sees ‘stuff of a real republic’ at Capuchin centreMichael D Higgins visited homeless centre run by Br Kevin Crowley in SmithfieldTue Dec 20 2016 - 17:52
King’s Hospital private school faces bullying allegationsMother says her daughter (14) was intimidated after she complained of harassmentSat Dec 17 2016 - 01:00
Church fears Luas works will decimate ‘Black Santa’ appealSt Ann’s Church says it was told Dawson Street barrier would be gone before fundraiserFri Dec 16 2016 - 18:17
Complaints about Carphone ‘pro-choice’ adverts upheld by authorityWords in adverts similar to those used by campaign to repeal Eighth AmendmentFri Dec 16 2016 - 13:56
St Patrick’s College in Maynooth seeks new presidentFacility advertises for priest of ‘good standing’ aged over 35 to replace Msgr Hugh ConnollyThu Dec 15 2016 - 21:41
Ireland’s Muslims more educated than general populationJews better educated globally than other key religious groups, Pew Research Centre findsWed Dec 14 2016 - 05:00
Opus Dei leader Javier Echevarría Rodríguez dies aged 84The Catholic bishop died in Rome after being hospitalised due to a lung infectionTue Dec 13 2016 - 16:23
Former Armagh bishop Gerard Clifford dies aged 75Archbishop pays tribute to ‘one of the great figures of the ecumenical movement’Mon Dec 12 2016 - 21:09
Archbishop says church must help people in marriage difficultyDiarmuid Martin says offering black-and-white answers will not solve marital issuesMon Dec 12 2016 - 17:20
X Factor host O’Leary appeals for funds for Irish emigrants in LondonLondon Irish Centre asks people to contact overseas relatives they have not seen for yearsMon Dec 12 2016 - 16:42
Parish life will be very different in the future, says Catholic PrimatePriests and bishops will have to ‘let go’ as lay people become the new centre of gravitySun Dec 11 2016 - 21:31
Clerical child sex abuse allegations in Dublin continue to fallSettlements cost archdiocese €22.4 million to date, including legal fees of €7.2 millionSun Dec 11 2016 - 21:19
Fitzgerald and Zappone arrive at Greece’s migrant campsMinisters will witness effects of country’s migration crisis and assess progress to dateSun Dec 11 2016 - 20:29
Gay men and supporters of ‘gay culture’ cannot be priests – VaticanNew document reiterates position outlined following election of Pope Benedict in 2005Sun Dec 11 2016 - 19:50
Repealing Eighth Amendment would redefine life ‘for all’, say Catholic bishopsNo logical or scientific basis for considering unborn child to be a non-person, say prelatesFri Dec 09 2016 - 20:22
Irish faith leaders sign joint declaration calling for peace in the Middle EastSignatories at Glencree meeting include Christian, Muslim and Jewish representativesThu Dec 08 2016 - 14:35
Homelessness ‘an affront to human dignity’, Catholic bishops sayPeople sleeping on streets contrary to social teaching of Church and should be ‘eradicated forever’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 12:16
Roscommon rejects elements of boundary review reportAthlone border review finds area west of town may need to be subsumed into WestmeathTue Dec 06 2016 - 17:14
Mayo woman to receive human dignity awardGena Heraty has been a lay missionary in Haiti for 23 years, caring for disabled childrenTue Dec 06 2016 - 15:20
Concern Worldwide co-founder dies after long illnessKay O’Loughlin Kennedy set up humanitarian agency with her husband in 1968Mon Dec 05 2016 - 19:53
Garda concerned at delay in reporting alleged sexual assault at King’s HospitalGardaí say it is too early to know if anyone frustrated case being reported soonerSat Dec 03 2016 - 01:01
Many witnesses at alleged assault on boy at King’s HospitalUp to 15 pupils gathered in dormitory when alleged hockey stick incident occurredSat Dec 03 2016 - 01:00
