Church of Ireland sectarianism row ‘no bad thing’ says former judgeCatherine McGuinness says controversy sparked by Archbishop Michael Jackson will combat complacency, but that she has never heard term ‘polyester Protestants’Mon Oct 28 2013 - 01:00
Tánaiste expresses hope for same-sex marriage referendum by early 2015Cabinet to decide on vote in next fortnightSun Oct 27 2013 - 21:09
‘There is a certain combat and indeed violence deeply embedded in theology’Church of Ireland archbishop Michael Jackson is sticking to his guns on the issue of sectarianism, in spite of the unpopularity of his viewsSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Former Catholic bishops’ spokesman Fr Martin Clarke diesQualified solicitor was first man who was not a bishop to become Director of CommunicationsThu Oct 24 2013 - 14:35
Fr Iggy O’Donovan to be awarded Freedom of DroghedaHonour is a recognition of priest’s work with local voluntary groupsWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:01
Anger as another Magdalene survivor dies without receiving compensationOver 590 women have applied to scheme to dateWed Oct 23 2013 - 01:00
Use of ‘Polyester Protestant’ term criticised by archbishopArchbishop laments treatment by Ireland of church members who fought in World WarsTue Oct 22 2013 - 07:00
Nativity plays not at risk, says Department of Education spokeswomanMinister accused of using spending cuts ‘to remove churches from education system’Mon Oct 21 2013 - 01:01
C of I row over sectarianism comments by Dublin archbishopAppears rooted in decision to break link between the Church of Ireland College of Education and TCDSat Oct 19 2013 - 11:28
Relics of St Anthony arrive in DublinAll-island visit to include Wexford, Cork, Limerick, Galway and BelfastThu Oct 17 2013 - 21:59
Delegates surprised at archbishop’s remarksJackson’s ‘stark’ comments described as very brave and thought-provokingThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Sectarianism in Dublin a ‘shattering sadness’, says Church of Ireland ArchbishopExclusionary attitudes alive in Church of Ireland communityWed Oct 16 2013 - 01:01
Council of State calls for Constitution discussion on merits of religious oathsArticle could cause an ‘embarrassment to atheists, agnostics and humanists’Wed Oct 16 2013 - 01:00
Magdalene compensation payments to be tax freeMeasure had been recommended by Justice QuirkeTue Oct 15 2013 - 17:41
Convention on the Constitution to hold public meetings across the StateFirst meeting in UCC on October 23rd, last of series in Monaghan on November 25thTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:02
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin defends Protestant schoolsDenominational education has a place within a pluralist society, he saysTue Oct 15 2013 - 01:00
Maths Week events take place throughout Ireland todayStanford professor to deliver free lecture on teaching maths through the use of video gamesMon Oct 14 2013 - 09:46
Administrator appointed to Waterford and Lismore dioceseIt follows resignation of Bishop William Lee on health groundsFri Oct 11 2013 - 20:07
Trimble and Mallon criticise Stormont Executive at DCU conferringFormer NI leaders awarde honorary doctorates by Dublin universityTue Oct 08 2013 - 19:15
Catholic bishops appeal to Government to give priority to prevention of suicideCaring for the elderly is ‘a noble vocation’, they saySat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Justice system stacked against abuse victims, says groupOne in Four calls on DPP to give reasons where decision is made not to prosecuteThu Oct 03 2013 - 19:31
Canonisation of two popular popes start of healing process in church at war with itselfJohn XXIII and John Paul II represent both left and right factions in churchTue Oct 01 2013 - 01:00
Michael O’Leary promises to improve Ryanair’s ‘awful’ websiteChief executive says airline’s attitude to customers must be ‘more sensitive and responsive’Mon Sept 30 2013 - 23:00
Strenuous objections to appointment of first woman bishop by Church of Ireland group‘God’s order for the family and for his church is male headship,’ says Reform IrelandSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Australian priest first to be excommunicated by Pope FrancisAccused of heresy, throwing away consecrated host, speaking against churchThu Sept 26 2013 - 15:20
Positive reactions to Pope Francis interviewIrish Catholic Church’s response to referendum on civil marriage will show effects of pope’s comments, says gay groupSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin very much in tune with Pope FrancisFrancis says church must not be ‘a comfort zone for the like-minded’Fri Sept 20 2013 - 22:04
Church of Ireland appoints first woman bishopRev Pat Storey is first female bishop in Ireland or BritainFri Sept 20 2013 - 17:35
Pope’s words warmly welcomed by Irish clergyAssociation of Catholic Priests’ spokesman ‘exhilarated’Fri Sept 20 2013 - 10:29
Pope Francis proclaims an end to the Church of small thingsThe church is “not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people”Fri Sept 20 2013 - 10:27
New Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare electedChurch says unidentified bishop has asked for time to consider positionFri Sept 20 2013 - 07:47
Kenny insists his role allows him to be partisanTaoiseach's father Henry was on the very first Mayo team to win an All-Ireland in 1936Thu Sept 19 2013 - 09:55
Archbishop says supporting Mayo in All-Ireland finals ‘our Via Dolorosa’Will 2013 see an end to a vale of tears which has prevailed since 1989Wed Sept 18 2013 - 01:08
Aoibhinn expects Sam to see moonlight in Mayo next weekSeventh All Ireland in 24 years to be ‘the one’Mon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
Priest criticises 'persecution' of liberal clergyFr Iggy O’Donovan says right-wing zeal ‘as pathological as the paranoia which feeds it’Sun Sept 15 2013 - 17:20
New book by Fr Tony Flannery not available in Veritas bookshopsCustomers told this was ‘a senior management decision’Thu Sept 12 2013 - 19:08
Funeral of actor Susan Fitzgerald told of her serenity facing deathPriest recalls an ‘extraordinary’ personWed Sept 11 2013 - 20:25
Journalist’s funeral told of a life ‘lived to the full’His ‘gifts as writer, musician and singer, husband, father and grandfather’ recalledSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:05
Jesuit leader condemns possibility of Syrian interventionPrayers for peace at Masses over weekend in response to Pope Francis appealSat Sept 07 2013 - 01:00
Slow progress in divesting of Catholic schoolsArchbishop of Dublin calls on communities to be ‘more radically honest with themselves’Fri Sept 06 2013 - 01:01
Merchant’s Quay report says homelessness and drugs use on the increaseCoolmine says it saves Government over €6m a year with addiction rehab programmesFri Sept 06 2013 - 01:00
Waters: I was weighed, measured and put in a cell with two menColumnist presented himself at Dún Laoghaire Garda stationWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:04
Fr Tony Flannery believes silencing to be an attack on priests’ association‘The great weapon of the Curia is secrecy, the great weapon of all oppressors’Wed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
Papal nuncio’s qualifications to appoint Irish bishops questioned by Catholic priestHe ‘spent very little time in parish work and he has no formal training as a papal nuncio’Wed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
Funeral Mass celebrates ‘the beauty of Seamus Heaney...in his being’He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’Tue Sept 03 2013 - 01:00
Inadequate legal system adding to pain of abuse victims‘I’ve lost my business, my marriage, and now my home would be in jeopardy’Mon Sept 02 2013 - 18:35
Burton insists social welfare rates will not be cut in budgetMinister for Social Protection says EU needs new approach to growth and job creationSat Aug 31 2013 - 20:46
‘Magnificent’ Lockout production in former Dublin tenement housePresident attends performance at Number 14 Henrietta Street which illustrates impact on families of 1913 strikeSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
HSE report into former tennis coach accused of abuse 'awaits verification'Alleged abuser not charged despite Garda statements from seven womenWed Aug 28 2013 - 00:59
