Rev Dr William O’Neill lays down his pen after 55 yearsAuthor of Presbyterian Notes for ‘The Irish Times’ since 1960 finishes writing careerSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Driver who hit girl at riot to be charged with attempted murderOne officer had ear severed by block, another could have lost finger when bitten at NI paradeTue Jul 14 2015 - 13:39
Orange Order parades: All sides condemn ‘disgraceful’ violenceFirst Minister of NI says it is vital that those involved in riots are ‘held accountable’Tue Jul 14 2015 - 10:20
Orange Order parades: 24 officers and teenage girl injuredGirl hit by car while one officer needed 12 stitches for bite wound in violent protestsTue Jul 14 2015 - 10:20
Orange Order parades: Missiles hurled as PSNI block marchOrangemen prevented from parading past flashpoint Ardoyne shops in north BelfastMon Jul 13 2015 - 23:08
Light hearts and prodigious drinking mark the TwelfthBoisterous youth chime with more sedate older couples on Orange day out in BelfastMon Jul 13 2015 - 20:07
Carmel McDonnell Byrne remembers a difficult past‘In July 1965, my mother abandoned eight children and our lives changed forever’Sat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
After 29,000kms and 16 months, Irish world cyclist returnsBreifne Earley, who made journey to raise suicide awareness, will end trip in LeitrimFri Jul 10 2015 - 15:16
Irish Catholics can now trace ancestry online back to 1740sAlmost 300 years of parish registers to be made available by National Library of IrelandTue Jul 07 2015 - 22:28
Priest challenges belief in perpetual virginity of MaryFr Tony Flannery says scholars turned Jesus’s siblings into cousins to fit church’s viewTue Jul 07 2015 - 17:54
Long days means it isn’t easy being Muslim in IrelandRamadan in June involves fasting for 20 hours a day: no food, water, smoking or sexTue Jun 30 2015 - 01:00
Brady’s evidence raises questions about 1975 abuse investigationRetired Catholic primate’s role in looking into Brendan Smyth allegations unclearFri Jun 26 2015 - 10:23
Climate change: Cost of doing nothing ‘huge for Ireland’Climate justice conference told that State ‘sheltering behind intransigent countries’Tue Jun 23 2015 - 18:50
Climate action on fuels needed, says Mary RobinsonFormer president says planet on track to be 4 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levelsMon Jun 22 2015 - 22:31
An international African success story made possible by Irish Christian Brothers‘I’ve become someone, from nowhere, through people with big hearts’Sat Jun 20 2015 - 01:02
Battle of Waterloo bicentenary marked with Dublin serviceBattle concluded brutalising war, head of Church of Ireland tells Evensong serviceThu Jun 18 2015 - 19:56
Warm welcome for Pope’s ‘significant’ climate change messageUN special envoy Mary Robinson says encyclical shows matter is ‘moral issue of our time’Thu Jun 18 2015 - 14:25
Church accused of deceit and fraud in Smyth settlements caseCardinal Brady being sued in personal capacity following role in 1975 inquiryTue Jun 16 2015 - 21:29
Lay Catholics urge change in church teaching on contraceptionCall for significant lay involvement at Synod on the Family in RomeTue Jun 16 2015 - 01:00
Nigerian Catholic priests invited to serve in Kilmore dioceseBishop O’Reilly to discuss allowing priests to marry and appointing female deaconsMon Jun 15 2015 - 16:48
Massive heart attack almost kills RTÉ’s Michael LysterSports broadcaster to have pacemaker fitted after wife used CPR to save his lifeSun Jun 14 2015 - 18:44
Archbishop warns against complacency on child protectionMartin tells abuse survivor ‘you’ve touched our hearts, and our hearts are wobbly’Fri Jun 12 2015 - 18:25
Vatican tribunal could audit at least 12 Irish bishopsSome bishops faced criticism over handling of clerical child sex abuse claimsFri Jun 12 2015 - 13:01
Tributes paid to chef and critic Paolo Tullio at funeralHumanist ceremony held in crowded Examination Hall at Trinity College DublinThu Jun 11 2015 - 20:26
Vatican tribunal ‘must deal retrospectively’ with abuseTribunal will hold bishops to account for covering up child sex abuse allegationsThu Jun 11 2015 - 11:44
No change in priests’ role in civil aspect of marriage - primateDr Eamon Martin disputes whether bishops used word ‘threat’ over withdrawal of priestsThu Jun 11 2015 - 09:41
New Vatican department to deal with abuse cover upsStep to deal with bishops seen as significant achievement by new CommissionWed Jun 10 2015 - 15:01
Irish Muslims urged to reach out to neighbours during RamadanHolocaust survivor to be guest of honour at event at Islamic Centre at Coolmine, DublinWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
A bishop, a priest, and the air that they breathed‘No one steps in the same river even once’Tue Jun 09 2015 - 04:30
Threat to separate church and civil ceremonies was a crude scare tacticExpense and inconvenience involved would have one certain outcome: the abandonment of Catholic church weddings by even more couples in favour of civil weddingsMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Catholic bishops to discuss result of same-sex marriage referendumRole of priests in civil aspects of wedding ceremonies to be topic at summer meetingMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Magna Carta exhibition opens at Christ Church in DublinArchbishop of Dublin in early 1200s was seminal document’s second named witnessThu Jun 04 2015 - 20:21
Traditional Christian values reaffirmed by new Presbyterian moderatorLGTB people told church is not homophobicTue Jun 02 2015 - 08:07
‘O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?’Commemorative service for deceased ‘Irish Times’ colleagues in Dublin next SaturdayTue Jun 02 2015 - 01:00
Archbishop ordains nine deacons at MaynoothFourteen ordinations to the Catholic priesthood in Ireland are expected in a year described by college president as ‘remarkable’Mon Jun 01 2015 - 01:00
Decline in number of Irish Presbyterians continuesMembership down almost 40% since 1975 as annual General Assembly opens in BelfastSun May 31 2015 - 21:02
Church has ‘much to reflect on’ after referendum - ArchbishopArchbishop Eamon Martin welcomes the raised awareness of issues faced by gay peopleSun May 31 2015 - 15:57
The teetotal virgin twins known as G&T turn 60Identical twins and consecrated virgins Gemma and Triona King are 60 today. Their devout, non-drinking, no-sex lifestyle doesn’t curtail their lust for lifeFri May 29 2015 - 06:00
Library represents new chapter for Dún LaoghaireControversial dlr Lexicon library is officially openedWed May 27 2015 - 18:57
Same-sex marriage vote an ‘unmitigated disaster’ for ChurchPeople ‘no longer willing to listen to speeches and sermons on morality from the church’Mon May 25 2015 - 20:41
President attends Mass celebrating Oscar Romero’s beatificationEl Salvador has ‘special place in my heart and my political consciousness’Sun May 24 2015 - 21:48