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
Maeve Lewis to stand down from One in Four charity for sexual abuse survivorsLong-serving chief executive ‘made Ireland a different place’ for survivors, chair said in tributeFri Feb 23 2024 - 19:00
Why JFK’s original coffin had to be disposed of in the middle of the oceanIn a Word ... CoffinSat Feb 17 2024 - 00:30
Catholics who marry non-Catholics still require bishop’s permission, new guidance points outUpdated marriage preparation programme launched at Whitefriar Street Church in DublinMon Feb 12 2024 - 12:16
Thanks to democracy, I’ve become a has-been in my own houseIn a Word... RubbishSat Feb 10 2024 - 00:30
Jesuits’ report shows how welfare of children was deemed secondary to order’s reputationPushed by determined survivors, the religious order had to admit the long suspected, that they, too, had failed the children in their careThu Feb 08 2024 - 19:51
University of Galway is to review its relationship with Israeli institutionsProf Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh plans to strengthen University of Galway’s links with universities in Gaza, the West Bank and East JerusalemThu Feb 08 2024 - 18:09
More than 40 Jesuit priests accused of child sex abuse, report disclosesFindings relate mostly to priests at Belvedere College in Dublin, Crescent College in Limerick and Clongowes Wood College in KildareThu Feb 08 2024 - 15:38
Tributes paid to journalist and current affairs TV editor Paul Tanney (50)Journalist remembered as ‘steadfast character through thick and thin’Sun Feb 04 2024 - 15:08
Hurray! It’s time to wake up and smell the crocus In a word: Crocus, many specimens of which should be visible around you now, at lastSat Feb 03 2024 - 00:30
Northern Ireland has its first Jesuit bishop under leadership change in island’s second largest Catholic dioceseAntrim-born Bishop Alan McGuckian is something of an exception in being appointed bishop of his native diocese Down and ConnorFri Feb 02 2024 - 21:24
In a Word...HumanitiesThis is literary criticism by numbers, and numbers are all that many of these young geniuses understandSat Jan 27 2024 - 00:30
Church of Ireland raises over €100,000 to date for restoration of Gaza hospitalAl Ahli Arab hospital was badly damaged by a bomb in October, with as many as 200 killedWed Jan 24 2024 - 18:30
Groundbreaking Irish psychiatrist Ivor Browne dies aged 94Dubliner transformed Irish attitudes to mental illness and developed understanding of the role of traumaWed Jan 24 2024 - 18:06
Does Irish Medical Council approve of deliberate killing of patients, asks Catholic BishopBishop of Elphin Kevin Doran has written to the council president seeking clarification on the change in the latest edition of its ethical guideMon Jan 22 2024 - 17:27
Archbishop calls for solidarity with refugees and rebuttal of misinformationDermot Farrell says Catholics must ‘recognise our common humanity with the refugees and asylum seekers who have arrived in our midst’Mon Jan 22 2024 - 15:34
In a Word … Absurd‘We were so into the futility of life, the absurdity of existence, and existentialism in our late teens/early 20s’Sat Jan 20 2024 - 00:30
Bishops remind Roscrea that ‘we Irish, more than most, know what it is like to be a stranger in a foreign land’ Appeal comes amid tension in town over housing of asylum seekers in Racket Hall hotelWed Jan 17 2024 - 11:58
From Malta to Ghana, the cardinals in line to replace Pope Francis in the VaticanShadowy papal politics makes predictions difficult, but certain ‘papabile’ are already gathering their forcesMon Jan 15 2024 - 06:00
Same sex couples cannnot be denied a blessing, says Catholic Archbishop of DublinA priest is now permitted to give ‘short and simple pastoral blessings – that are neither liturgical nor ritualised – of couples in irregular situations’, Archbishop Farrell saidMon Jan 08 2024 - 16:09
You can’t keep a Cork woman down – especially on Nollaig na mBanIn a Word ... WomenSat Jan 06 2024 - 00:30
It is so easy to disconnect, lose your bearings and yourself in these strange days and nights between Christmas and New YearIn a Word ... SlothSat Dec 30 2023 - 00:30
‘It doesn’t really bother me what my friends think’: Three men considering becoming priests open upLast year 10 seminarians began the academic programme for Ireland’s dioceses, while in 2021 the figure was nineFri Dec 29 2023 - 05:00
What the Dickens? A Christmas Carol is 160 pages of humbug at my expenseIn a Word ... HumbugSat Dec 23 2023 - 00:30
Taoiseach ‘very encouraged’ by Pope Francis’s declaration to allow priests bless same-sex couplesUrsula Halligan of We are Church group says declaration ‘a small step in the right direction’ but that conditions attached are ‘mean, stingy, and grudging’Tue Dec 19 2023 - 18:48
Santy, I want to grow up to be free of cares. Can you arrange it?In a Word... Puddle: Coming towards me was a happy little girl in her shiny new wellingtons with her happy young father. They were passing a puddle and she just jumped right into itSat Dec 16 2023 - 00:30
‘Safe’ abortion zones Bill a threat to freedom of religion, belief and expression, says Catholic Primate‘The imposition of so-called `safe’ abortion zones will further silence the voice of the innocent unborn’Wed Dec 13 2023 - 15:07
World’s Jews are ‘shell-shocked’, annual Hanukkah candle service told in Dublin‘We pray that all the madness can come to an end,’ rabbi tells those gathered at ceremonyTue Dec 12 2023 - 21:05
‘One of the most cruel chapters of history’ unfolding in Gaza, says Church of Ireland Archbishop of DublinMost Rev Michael Jackson launched Shine a Light for the Diocese of Jerusalem appeal last week to raise funds for Al-Ahli Hospital in GazaTue Dec 12 2023 - 17:00
It makes sense some of the best lines about drink come from the sodden Irishry In a Word . . . DrinkSat Dec 09 2023 - 00:30
Ireland’s main churches and Muslim Council oppose legislation on assisted dying`No such thing as a life without meaning or value’, churches sayThu Dec 07 2023 - 14:16
Catholic bishops call on people to oppose racism and misinformation following Dublin riotsBishops warn against `corrosive impact of those who seek to foster division’Thu Dec 07 2023 - 12:10
When we invaded Ballaghaderreen in the 1960s, the town did not suffer blow-ins gladlyIn a Word: InfamySat Dec 02 2023 - 00:30
Letter to Pope Francis says Synod report will ‘wound’ Catholics worldwideFormer president of Ireland Mary McAleese among signatories of letterMon Nov 27 2023 - 21:52
Southside, middle-class parishes contribute most to Dublin Catholic Church Mass collectionsIn total, the archdiocese’s 197 parishes gave €4.29m to Share collection in 2022Sun Nov 26 2023 - 06:00
Interfaith group pleads with Dubliners ‘to treasure the diversity of our city’ Relgious leaders plead for tolerance in wake of violent scenes in capital on ThursdaySat Nov 25 2023 - 16:13
The most lucrative skill in our society? The ability to dispel boredomIn a Word: Top entertainers earn far more than our political leaders, consultants and teachersSat Nov 25 2023 - 00:30
More than €780,000 paid to child sex abuse survivors by Dublin Archdiocese in 2022Annual report says ‘Mass collections have not returned to pre-pandemic levels’ as income for parishes falls €29.6m last yearTue Nov 21 2023 - 16:58
‘Polite sectarianism’ still remains in the North 40 years after massacre of Protestants at prayerFour decades after the sectarian atrocity at a church in Darkley during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops of nearby Armagh reflect on the sectarianism of the past and todaySun Nov 19 2023 - 07:30
In a Word ... NovemberScorpios can be ‘complicated, needy and just plain difficult to get along with’. Be careful out there!Sat Nov 18 2023 - 00:30
Utopia is an idea worth clinging to. Otherwise, why get up in the morning?In a Word: Dystopia dominates so much of modern literature, for obvious reasonsSat Nov 11 2023 - 00:30
The mixed-up father of Irish bull was no bird Celebrating when people make dog’s dinners out of metaphors and wind up wishing the cat had got their tonguesSat Nov 04 2023 - 00:30
Diocese of Kilmore in ‘uncharted waters’ due to shortage of priests, bishop saysMichael Hayes says ‘we must act now’ with consultation on reduction in Masses to beginThu Nov 02 2023 - 07:45
