Move to extradite man in his 80s to Ireland over alleged abuse at Spiritan school in Dublin More than 150 people have contacted gardaí about sexual abuse at schools run by religious orderFri Jun 21 2024 - 15:10
In a Word....RejoiceImagine the attention were Ireland to have a public holiday celebrating a fictional characterSat Jun 15 2024 - 00:30
Tuesday’s fire at St Michan’s Church not the first time the Dublin site was vandalisedArchdeacon David Pierpoint says mummified bodies have been ‘destroyed’ and ‘damaged beyond repair’Wed Jun 12 2024 - 17:35
Catholic Church child protection board received 252 abuse allegations Great majority of allegations arose from incidents that took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980sWed Jun 12 2024 - 17:03
Joe Joyce: The quiet man who was a great journalist, funeral toldThe author of 10 books and two plays ‘felt compelled to write’, his daughter recalledMon Jun 10 2024 - 18:58
In a Word...ArkThe rain may not have been continuous but when it happens it is relentless and disproportionateSat Jun 08 2024 - 00:30
School abuse inquiry: Survivors must wait to see report until after Attorney General reviewThe report by Mary O’Toole SC into allegations of abuse at Blackrock College and other schools has been delivered to Minister for Education Norma Foley on FridayFri Jun 07 2024 - 15:58
Dublin archdiocese drops plans to locate Dublin’s Catholic cathedral on city’s south sideArchbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell announces ‘twin pillar’ strategy for Dublin city centreMon Jun 03 2024 - 16:58
In a Word...SnapperOne of my all-time favourite opening lines has to be “Yer wha’?” from Roddy Doyle’s, The SnapperSat Jun 01 2024 - 00:30
Archbishop of Jerusalem, on visit to Dublin, expresses delight at recognition of Palestinian stateChurch of Ireland dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough raise €216,000 for rebuilding of Al Ahli Hospital in GazaTue May 28 2024 - 20:14
Higgins ‘lectured us about the atrocities being committed by Israel’, says Chief Rabbi in IrelandJewish families in Ireland for ‘six, seven, eight generations’ report heightened tensionSun May 26 2024 - 22:04
In a Word … SeánHe has spent most of his adult life in the United States where he, with assistance from his wife Ann, has six childrenSat May 25 2024 - 00:30
Recognition of a Palestinian state ‘an act of pure folly’, says Irish Jewish leaderMove amounts to ‘rewarding of a terrorist organisation’, says chairman of the Jewish Representative Council of IrelandWed May 22 2024 - 12:23
Bishop describes as ‘shameful’ Church of Ireland rejection of motion on Baptism for children of unmarried mothersDefeated motion sought to ensure that child of an unmarried mother must not be refused sacramentSun May 19 2024 - 06:00
Religious group says dozens of properties made available for accommodation for refugeesMinister of State at the Department of Integration Joe O’Brien wrote to dioceses again in early March in an appeal to offer up vacant land and buildingsFri May 17 2024 - 15:21
Mary Banotti ‘worked fiercely for real change for Irish women’, funeral hearsFormer Fine Gael MEP ‘adored politics and the European stage was her Broadway’, says daughterThu May 16 2024 - 15:04
Bruce Arnold’s funeral: ‘What a time we’ve been through, from John McCormack to Bambie Thug’Mourners told how ‘multifaceted, tenacious’ journalist, who died aged 87, took a privacy case against the State which was ‘the final undoing of Charles Haughey’Mon May 13 2024 - 18:12
Motion on baptism of children of unmarried mothers defeated as Burke family interrupt Church of Ireland SynodGeneral Synod in Armagh suspended for 45 minutes after protest by family members of teacher Enoch Burke, who was employed in Church of Ireland Wilson’s Hospital schoolSun May 12 2024 - 12:53
In a Word ... Concert‘My wife and I are big fans of your Saturday In a Word column. My job is to read it out loud’Sat May 11 2024 - 00:30
‘Ireland is not full’: Church leader warns about populists who play with paranoiaChurch of Ireland Primate Archbishop John McDowell tells General Synod Ireland has been right to welcome migrants and asylum seekersFri May 10 2024 - 19:00
In a Word … MayMayday in Ballaghadreen will be a fragrant affair, with music, crafts, market stalls, food stalls, fair games and moreSat May 04 2024 - 00:30
‘We even feel the Lord has abandoned us’: Catholic Archbishop of Dublin addresses decline‘Our country has changed, our lives have changed,’ Dermot Farrell told event in DonnybrookMon Apr 22 2024 - 15:43
Not ‘pinko do-gooders’ but helpers and supporters - how volunteers power the Society of St Vincent de PaulThe charity - marking its 180th anniversary this year - relies on 10,000 volunteers to help the most disadvantaged cope with the rising cost of living and soaring rentsSat Apr 20 2024 - 09:00
A joey is the perfect description for a word within a word‘Masculine’ contains within it the word ‘male’. Another is ‘chicken’ with ‘hen’ within, and ‘honourable’ with ‘noble’ within. Isn’t that thrilling?Sat Apr 20 2024 - 00:30
‘The vast majority of Ireland’s Jewish community does not support Netanyahu’Is opinion shifting among Jewish people in Ireland on Israel’s actions in Gaza?Mon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
In a Word...Good FridaySeamus Heaney was born on Thursday, April 13th, 1939. ‘Thursday’s child has far to go.’Sat Apr 13 2024 - 00:30
Catholic Church’s downsizing only the beginning as attendances and incomes declineChurch of Ireland has already merged many of the 26 dioceses established in 1111 AD at the Synod of Ráth BreasailWed Apr 10 2024 - 15:30
Two west of Ireland dioceses lose bishops as Catholic Church downsizesMove is described as most radical change to Irish church structures in more than 900 yearsWed Apr 10 2024 - 12:23
In a Word...CaesarYou still have an awful lot of fans out there. They gave me an insight into how you probably felt that March day in the forumSat Apr 06 2024 - 00:30
Pathway to top of Croagh Patrick almost complete after more than three years of workThousands of tonnes of rock and soil moved by hand to make mountain safe and faster to climbSun Mar 31 2024 - 16:39
‘The war continues’: Gaza’s Christian minority seek shelter over Easter weekendChristian community of some 1,000 people has taken refuge in two churches in besieged Palestinian enclaveSun Mar 31 2024 - 06:00
How John McGahern’s sin was compounded in the minds of ‘careful and hostile’ interrogatorsIn a Word: Not only had he written an ‘problematic’ novel but he had also married a Finnish womanSat Mar 30 2024 - 00:30
Dublin Unitarian church to end Good Friday reading of Troubles deadAnnual commemoration will end tomorrow as no one has been killed in political violence in Northern Ireland for nearly five yearsThu Mar 28 2024 - 14:32
Past must be understood and accepted before people can move on from Troubles, says Catholic PrimateAnnual Mass for families of the Disappeared hears victims’ families ‘cannot find peace or trust until the truth emerges’ and their loss is ‘properly acknowledged’Mon Mar 25 2024 - 18:07
Justin McAleese was ‘terrified’ as a gay teenager at Catholic schools, says former presidentMary McAleese and Mary Kennedy speak to GAA president Jarlath Burns about Pride, partition and hurling in new weekly podcastSun Mar 24 2024 - 04:30
It is a truth rarely acknowledged that as a man grows older, so does his width extendIn a Word . . . SorrowSat Mar 23 2024 - 00:30
I’m bingeing on Derry Girls with subtitles in case I missed some of the jokesIn a Word . . . DerrySat Mar 16 2024 - 00:30
‘It’s a very special time’: Thoughts of Irish Muslim community with those in Gaza as Ramadan beginsDuring Ramadan fasting beckons for people in Gaza where food and water are already in short supplySun Mar 10 2024 - 06:00
Brace yourself, Brigid: Tips to look after your husband from a 1950s publication‘Never complain if he does not take you out to dinner or other places of entertainment. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure’Sat Mar 09 2024 - 00:30
Ireland’s Catholic Bishops call for ‘all possible pressure’ on Israel to end Gaza offensiveBishops urge Israel ‘to comply with basic human standards’ and call on Hamas to release all hostages and end its attacksTue Mar 05 2024 - 16:00
Referendums: Presbyterian Church disappointed at ‘ambiguity’ in wording of proposed amendmentsAmendment proposing removal of link between marriage and family an ‘indication of Ireland’s changing culture’Tue Mar 05 2024 - 12:32
New auxiliary bishop appointed in DublinFr Donal Roche (65) will support Archbishop Dermot Farrell in leading the archdioceseTue Mar 05 2024 - 11:29
When Roscommon girls were ‘useless for cooking or anything else’There was fury at an educational committee meeting in the 1930s about women training to enter the workforceSat Mar 02 2024 - 00:30
Archbishop of Dublin calls on voters to remember values of ‘Catholic tradition’ in referendumsDermot Farrell says moral obligation to protect institution of marriage and support the vulnerable will remain regardless of outcomeFri Mar 01 2024 - 11:57
Referendums: Yes votes will see ‘new realities’ put into dated parts of Constitution, McAleese saysFormer president says proposals being voted on next Friday ‘part of a journey’ and ‘not a destination’Fri Mar 01 2024 - 11:00
Franciscan abuser priest Fr Ronald Bennett dies aged 88Bennett convicted of abusing boys at Gormanston College in Co Meath from 1973 to 1981Wed Feb 28 2024 - 14:37
Catholic bishops call for No vote in both March referendumsStatement read at Masses argues Yes votes would weaken incentive to marry and remove motherhood from ConstitutionSun Feb 25 2024 - 00:01
Michael O’Regan remembered as an ‘interested observer’ who had ‘no wish to be the story himself’Funeral of former Irish Times journalist held in Holy Cross Church, DundrumSat Feb 24 2024 - 15:19
