Madam Bishop a first for these islands as Derry rector becomes ‘The Most Rev’First woman bishop in Ireland or UK to be consecrated in Dublin on SaturdayMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
When JFK was shotAn Irishman’s Diary: Assassination a personal trauma for most Irish CatholicsFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Rector explains theology behind Mass celebrated with Catholic priests‘God tells me that this is the Body of Christ, and I accept that’Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Catholic Church watchdog surprised by diocese’s child safeguard reviewWatchdog’s review of Down and Connor diocese to be published shortlyMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Irish churches hold special collections for people in Philippines and SyriaArchbishops urge members to respond generously to overwhelming needSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:01
Archbishop appeals for food to alleviate hunger in DublinSome children ‘so hungry they can’t learn’ as demand for wholesome food not being metThu Nov 14 2013 - 15:31
UN committee raises numerous human rights issues with IrelandGovernment to be questioned at hearings in Geneva next JulyWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Renewed calls for independent investigation into Magdalene laundriesMcAleese Committee ‘tasked solely with investigating the issue of state involvement with the Laundries’Fri Nov 01 2013 - 12:13
Younger Magdalene survivor to seek compensation for loss of right to educationMaureen Sullivan was put in a laundry at 12Fri Nov 01 2013 - 12:08
Catholic Church might reinvent itself as Fianna Fáil has done, says priestCatholicism crisis in Ireland ’far more serious’ than Church leaders recogniseFri Nov 01 2013 - 06:34
Cork-born founder of Presentation Sisters declared ‘Venerable’Nano Nagle was a pioneer of Catholic education for the marginalised in Ireland and abroadFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:04
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in robust defence of Murphy CommissionOver 500 children may have been abused in Dublin where 98 Catholic priests face allegationsWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:01
Murphy report ‘highly critical’, ‘dismissive’, towards clergyCommission concentrated ‘to an alarming degree’ on naming and shaming priestsTue Oct 29 2013 - 07:21
‘Locked-in mentality’ of Church of Ireland members criticised‘Many migrants opting for warmer and safer migrant-led churches’Tue Oct 29 2013 - 01:01
Department of Justice rejects Magdalene group’s criticism of McAleese reportAllegations of systematic abuse not sustained, department tells UN watchdogTue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00
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
