Amnesty concerned over Church’s child protection watchdogFormer chief executive claims board for safeguarding children being starved of fundsMon Feb 17 2014 - 16:56
President Higgins launches year-long debate on ethics and societyOver 50 events across island include lectures and workshops at third-level institutionsFri Feb 14 2014 - 17:00
Ireland is continuing to fail its gay teachers in the classroom‘Gay community in Ireland has suffered enormously’ - Archbishop MartinTue Feb 11 2014 - 07:18
Catholics differ with church on teachingsOver 67 per cent follow conscience on contraceptionTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Minister writes to Magdalene nuns for third time seeking contribution to redress schemeTo date €3.5 million paid out to womenTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
First meeting of new Catholic priests’ body next monthSet up ‘to support one another, in a more spiritual way’Mon Feb 10 2014 - 01:00
Archbishop admits some in church may be homophobicMartin says debate on same-sex marriage in Ireland has got off to ‘a bad start’Sun Feb 09 2014 - 20:16
12 serial clerical child abusers 'active in Dublin' in 1970sArchbishop describes church’s handling of abuse as ‘inexcusable’Sun Feb 09 2014 - 19:14
Waters challenges RTÉ statement on Panti rowRTÉ says it is standing by its ‘account of events as published earlier this week’Fri Feb 07 2014 - 19:32
UN report on how Vatican handled sex abuse welcomed by child-protection watchdogNational Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland welcomed recommendations on eliminating corporal punishmentFri Feb 07 2014 - 01:00
‘Wonderful Irish mother’ Bernie Guerin praised at funeralJournalist daughter Veronica was murdered by gang in 1996Fri Jan 17 2014 - 18:10
Friends of Tom O’Gorman remember him in prayer‘We need the comfort of God’s church, of his people’Wed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Married Catholic deacon is ‘no holy Joe’Rev Jim Adams is one of first eight Catholic deacons to be ordained hereSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
Settlement letter from Brothers of Charity and HSE a ‘charter for whistleblowers’Care workers and others can raise concerns ‘outside of the institution if necessary’Sat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
Mary McAleese: A long-time advocate for gay peopleUS figures suggest up to half of Catholic priests may be homosexualSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
‘Comfortable being gay’: a priest speaksAn Irish priest who has come out to many friends and colleagues says that he is ‘happy in his life’ and that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexuality needs to changeSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
Whistleblower who exposed poor conditions for disabled ‘vindicated’Margaret Kennedy reaches settlement with HSE and Brothers of CharityFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Ex-president McAleese criticises church’s stance on gay peopleClaims that the Catholic Church is in denial and ‘a very large number’ of priests are gayWed Jan 08 2014 - 03:00
Crosscare not ‘selling’ food donated following Archbishop Martin appealIt will be distributed free through community food banksWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
New Catholic Church child protection chief appointedTeresa Devlin ‘extensive experience’ of child protection managementTue Jan 07 2014 - 11:56
Bishop urges politicians to ‘push forward’ in pursuit of pact‘We owe it to ourselves . . . we owe to our children’Fri Jan 03 2014 - 01:00
‘Extraordinary tradition’ of peacekeeping praisedArchbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin speaks at New Year’s Day Mass of harm caused by gossipWed Jan 01 2014 - 14:15
Influential priest to stand down from major role after 10 yearsFr Tim Bartlett served as assistant to Cardinal BradyTue Dec 31 2013 - 01:00
Pope Francis nominated for Tipperary peace awardUS envoy to Northern Ireland Richard Haass also among five nomineesMon Dec 30 2013 - 21:58
Irish skier killed in Swiss Alps avalanche namedLimerick man was alone when avalanche struck, say policeMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Freighter calls for help in high seas off Co CorkThe Abuk Lion had been en route from Limerick to RussiaSun Dec 29 2013 - 19:10
Ethics initiative to be announced by President Higgins in New YearPresident will seek to advance themes set out in addresses given at DCU and the SorbonneTue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Archbishop calls for crusade to eliminate youth unemploymentYoung feel ‘disregarded’, not valuedSun Dec 15 2013 - 16:26
Higgins pays tribute to Priory Hall residentsPresident pays tribute to ‘bravery and tenacity’ of Stephanie MeehanSat Dec 14 2013 - 07:13
A pluralist ProtestantWhen Victor Griffin, a former dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, was in Derry he annoyed Protestants. In Dublin he upset Catholics. Now 89, he reflects on a changed Ireland, and on Charles Haughey’s good deedsSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
No problem with admissions to ‘vast majority’ of schoolsSchools ‘open to all children whose parents apply’ says Fr Michael DrummFri Dec 13 2013 - 12:24
Memorial service for Nelson Mandela at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin‘We’ve lost a great, great patriot’, says South African AmbassadorThu Dec 12 2013 - 23:29
Kiltegan congregation challenged by ‘relatively high incidence’ of abuseAbuse outside Ireland not met with an ‘appropriate and robust response’Wed Dec 11 2013 - 07:49
Irish church can play useful role in wider Catholic stance on child abuse, says Cardinal BradyIrish input into new Vatican commission on child abuseWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:01
Why do some missionary societies still lag behind when it comes to child protection?Generally positive reviews of dioceses shows Irish Catholic Church could teach bishops overseasWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Church child protection reports: 870 allegations of child abuse made against 325 Christian BrothersBrothers welcome the review finding that the congregation had developed “a robust safeguarding ethos and culture at its remaining operations in Ireland”Wed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Kiltegan congregation criticised in latest Church reports325 Christian Brothers faced a total of 870 child abuse allegations from 50s to 70sTue Dec 10 2013 - 16:08
Catholic Church to publish latest tranche of child protection auditsChristian Brothers responses to be key focusTue Dec 10 2013 - 09:48
Pat Storey presented with silver cross left in will to ‘Ireland’s first woman bishop’Bishop of Meath and Kildare collects gift left by teacher Daphne Wormell, who talked of bishops ‘bringing their husbands to Lambeth’Tue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
South African ambassador speaks of his country’s lossIrish politicians sign books of condolenceSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Church leaders mourn Methodist-educated MandelaBooks of condolence in Dublin cathedralsFri Dec 06 2013 - 14:33
Church of Ireland archbishops warn against extremismChurch is a family and ‘not always without the occasional domestic disagreement’Fri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
Catholic bishops plan major pastoral conference for next yearBishops encourage laity to engage with consultation process begun by Pope FrancisThu Dec 05 2013 - 10:53
Let us celebrate our missionaries, those who have spent decades looking after strangers in strange landsOpinion: Theirs has been ‘a poor church for the poor’Tue Dec 03 2013 - 00:01
