Large increase in abuse victims using phone counselling serviceThis year saw a 25 per cent rise in calls to Connect which deals with abuse in childhoodMon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
In a Word ... PolitePolite, meaning to be courteous, just like those nice middle-class childrenMon Dec 14 2015 - 00:00
IQ Issues and Questions: Further strain on relationship of church and StateBishops see repeal of rule 68 as a new dilution of religious rightsSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Fr Gerry Reynolds defended Gerry Adams’s stance on IRA questionsAsking Sinn Féin leader about membership of IRA was ‘stupid’, late priest maintainedFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Public consultation on busking to take place in DublinBan on amplification up for discussion following complaints from Grafton Street areaTue Dec 08 2015 - 01:00
County councillor sought £10,000 from undercover reporter, RTÉ claimsNumber of TDs, Senators fail to fully declare interests, RTÉ Investigates programme findsMon Dec 07 2015 - 06:00
In memoriam: Prof Liam Ryan celebrated at Maynooth eventPresident pays tribute to man who possessed skills ‘of the finest empirical social scientists’Fri Dec 04 2015 - 21:07
‘Privileged’ civil servants afraid to say where they workEvidence of vulnerability and anxiety due to debt, reduced benefits and financial uncertaintyThu Dec 03 2015 - 21:33
Bishop who ‘aided peace process’ retires aged 75Anthony Farquhar, a bishop in Belfast for 32 years, praised for his work during TroublesThu Dec 03 2015 - 15:34
Abortion law change would be ‘attack’ on unborn, bishops say‘Life at all stages deserves the utmost protection, compassion and care,’ clerics sayWed Dec 02 2015 - 20:39
Allegations of sexual abuse being reported promptly, says auditAudit of 20 congregations finds safeguarding of children has become ‘first consideration”Wed Dec 02 2015 - 17:15
Book on John Hume does not present him as saint, says son‘John Hume Irish Peacemaker’ edited by two former SDLP colleagues launched in DublinTue Dec 01 2015 - 21:57
Anniversary of St Columbanus marked at MaynoothThree honorary doctorates in philosophy awarded at St Patrick’s CollegeMon Nov 30 2015 - 21:35
Postcard campaign highlights case of jailed Ibrahim HalawaDublin teenager has been in an Egyptian jail since August 2013Mon Nov 30 2015 - 17:49
In a Word: Comeuppance‘He was an old man. A fresh 86 . . . At school he had been abused by a priest’Mon Nov 30 2015 - 00:00
In a Word: BottleBottle, from the Middle English botel, is believed derived from the Latin buttis – a caskMon Nov 23 2015 - 00:00
GAA to mark Bloody Sunday 1920 in special Croke Park ceremonyNovember 21st also marks anniversary of 1974 Birmingham pub bombingsSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:01
SVP stands down committee after LGBT centre allocationCatholic Bishop of Galway had objected to funding for ‘morally wrong behaviour’Fri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
Free St Patrick’s Cathedral show to honour victims of violence‘Concert for Paris’ from 8pm on Friday to mark the loss of innocent human lifeThu Nov 19 2015 - 18:07
No school refusal for children based on religion – State agencyLegal change needed to end discrimination against unbaptised, minority faith childrenWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Site provided for new secondary schools by St Kieran’s College, KilkennyContinues commitment by diocese and College ‘to excellence in education in Kilkenny’Tue Nov 17 2015 - 18:20
Paris victim was descended from Irish patriot Robert EmmetAnti-corruption lawyer (26) 5th generation descendant of patriot’s brotherTue Nov 17 2015 - 10:55
Ireland’s Muslims don’t expect major backlash after Paris‘Irish people understand what it is to be tarred with the same brush,’ says imamMon Nov 16 2015 - 16:57
Higgins says unaccountable forces are running EUPresident says democratic structures at risk from new financialised global orderSat Nov 14 2015 - 01:00
Dáil vote on smacking of children a fitting legacy for late doctorGP Cyril Daly began campaign in 1967 to ban corporal punishmentSat Nov 14 2015 - 01:00
Atheist group calls for religious equality in Irish schoolsOrganisation says divestment of some Catholic schools will not solve pluralism problemFri Nov 13 2015 - 19:40
McAleese criticises Catholic church’s view on hitting childrenFormer president says she raised issue of corporal punishment with Pope FrancisThu Nov 12 2015 - 18:25
End of Brendan Smyth case brings sorry saga to a closeAbuse by priest could have been prevented had church authorities acted soonerThu Nov 12 2015 - 14:48
Same-sex marriage signed into law by MinistersMay referendum ‘reaffirmed the importance of marriage and family for our society’, Fitzgerald saysTue Nov 10 2015 - 18:22
Analysis: Divestment of Catholic schools remains insignificantLack of effort at local level by patron bodies and politicians means little changeTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:01
Efforts to divest schools ‘disappointing’, says forum chairmanBishops not reading signs of the times or seeing what’s in their own best interestsTue Nov 10 2015 - 01:00
Church must give up control of schools, says Archbishop of Dublin‘We need a church which can respond more effectively to change,’ says Diarmuid MartinMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Stand side by side to honour all Ireland’s dead of 1916, service toldDifferent mythologies of first World War contributed to deep divisions on this islandSun Nov 08 2015 - 22:02
Ireland’s first woman president elected 25 years agoMary Robinson pushed the office ‘as far as the wall and peeped over, but didn’t cross it’Sun Nov 08 2015 - 20:56
Death of Jesuit priest Fr Michael Paul GallagherNoted Jesuit priest had taught at UCD for almost 20 years in 1970s and 1980sSun Nov 08 2015 - 20:45
Lifetime membership awards presented by NUJ at GPO in DublinBroadcaster Sean O’Rourke wants to be buried with copy of Galway newspaperSat Nov 07 2015 - 15:27
Imam calls for syllabus on Islam to be taught at faith schoolsMuslim leader welcomes plans for new religion classes as they would teach ‘tolerance’Fri Nov 06 2015 - 20:17
Catholic primate concerned at trends in social mediaArchbishop Eamon Martin rails against reprehensible and dehumanising dimensionThu Nov 05 2015 - 20:06
Study of religion devoid of faith blinkered, says ArchbishopDiarmuid Martin critical of research on religion that is limited to history and sociologyThu Nov 05 2015 - 18:31
Catholic Communications Office marks 40th anniversaryOffice has had to work in arduous environment amid numerous church scandalsThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:00
‘Vigilante’ Catholics’ letter led to Flannery’s ban, says priestTalk by Fr Tony Flannery cancelled after complaint over his vote in marriage referendumMon Nov 02 2015 - 17:01
Catholic priests call for talks on equality for womenTwelve clerics seek open discussion of issue and say sanctions have silenced those in favourMon Nov 02 2015 - 15:09
Ibrahim Halawa’s lawyers appeal to David CameronIrish teenager’s legal team urge prime minister to raise case with Egyptian presidentMon Nov 02 2015 - 14:44
Same-sex marriage will be possible from NovemberFitzgerald to sign commencement order on the referendum result on November 16thSat Oct 31 2015 - 10:38
Former Church of Ireland bishop Peter Barrett diesResignation as bishop of Cashel and Ossory in 2006 after three years in area was a shockFri Oct 30 2015 - 01:00
Disability campaigner Dara Gallagher dies aged 62‘His heart decided to be the next part of him to give trouble,’ sister Bláithín saysThu Oct 29 2015 - 19:40
