Assembly to examine votes for emigrants in presidencyThe proposed constitutional convention will look at whether Irish emigrants should be allowed to vote in elections for the presidency…Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
UN council urged to press Coalition on MagdalenesThere have been calls on the Government to provide compensation for women who survived Magdalene laundries and for a statutory…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Budget 'damaging' C of I schoolsCHURCH OF Ireland schools will be “seriously damaged” by the Government’s most recent budget, the Bishop of Meath Richard Clarke…Fri Mar 16 2012 - 00:00
Time to salute the US for all it has done for IrelandTHAT STUDENT summer in London, I remember it wellThu Mar 15 2012 - 00:00
Abuse survivors to seek guarantee of co-operation on inquiry from cardinalThe Northern Ireland Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (Savia) group is to meet Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady…Mon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
Archbishop upbeat on same-sex forumTHE CHURCH of Ireland primate Archbishop Alan Harper said its two-day General Synod conference on human sexuality at the weekend…Mon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
College removes atheism statementsHIBERNIA COLLEGE, the online teacher-training institution, has removed slides from its religion module for primary teachers at…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Vatican reports on abuse due this springREPORTS FROM the seven visitation teams sent to Ireland by the Vatican last year are on course to be published this spring, Catholic…Thu Mar 08 2012 - 00:00
Vatican reports due shortlyReports from the seven visitation teams sent to Ireland by the Vatican last year following publication of the Murphy report, …Wed Mar 07 2012 - 00:00
Papal visit personalities: Home sought for 'visionary' paintingA HOME is being sought for a large 8ft by 5ft oil painting which commemorates the visit to Ireland by Pope John Paul in 1979.Tue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00
Bishops to discuss plans for congressTHE SPRING meeting of the Irish Catholic bishops’ conference enters its second day today at Maynooth and, although no agenda …Tue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00
Dean believes relic thieves slept in cathedralTHE DEAN of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin believes thieves who took the heart of St Laurence O’Toole may have slept in the…Tue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00
CofI schools under threat of exclusion, says Dublin bishopCHURCH OF Ireland schools were “under a creeping threat” and it was uncertain whether this was for “both economic and ideological…Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
Appeal over saint heart theftGardaí in Dublin 's Kevin Street have appealed for assistance from the public in finding the preserved heart of St Laurence O…Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
St Patrick's from Mayo kings of the castleA NEW use has been found for The Irish Times Game of the Year chess perpetual trophy, recently found in the polishing room at…Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
Security review after theft of saint's heartA MAJOR review of security is to take place at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin following the theft there at the weekend of …Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
School provision a Catholic right, says cardinalCATHOLIC PRIMATE Cardinal Seán Brady has reiterated the church’s commitment to the provision of schools.Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Dean criticises Catholic Church's 'lack of ecumenism'THE DEMORALISED state of the Catholic Church in Ireland “may have something to do with its lack of ecumenism”, the Very Rev Robert…Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
MEP De Rossa to stand down next monthVETERAN Labour Party MEP Proinsias De Rossa, who will stand down next month after 30 years as an elected public representative…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
'My first cruise and my last' - Irish couple tell of drama on board the 'Concordia'SÉAMUS MOORE (52) had it solved by the time he landed at Dublin airport yesterday with his wife Carol (50)Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Journalist recalled as a 'voice for the voiceless'JOURNALIST AND broadcaster Mary Raftery was remembered at her funeral as “a voice for the voiceless” and her profession’s “finest…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Large attendance at Raftery funeralA large attendance at journalist and broadcaster Mary Raftery’s funeral this morning included many abuse victims as well as representatives…Thu Jan 12 2012 - 00:00
Pioneering work in TV uncovered child abuse scandalsTHE FUNERAL of journalist and broadcaster Mary Raftery (54) will take place tomorrow morning in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Journalist Mary Raftery diesThe death has taken place in Dublin of renowned journalist and broadcaster Mary Raftery.Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Suicide agency names ambassadorSUICIDE BEREAVEMENT and prevention agency Console has named Peter Roche as its 2012 national ambassador.Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Bishops' staff to take pay cut of up to 5%STAFF OF the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference at Maynooth are to have their income cut by between 2 per cent and 5 per cent, …Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Ex-priest Kennedy fights extradition to face abuse claimsFORMER PRIEST Peter Kennedy (72), who was sent to Britain from Brazil, is to fight an extradition order to Ireland granted against…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Boston cardinal says church contrition on abuse must continueTHE CATHOLIC Church “must continue to express the depth of our sorrow and contrition for how badly we failed those entrusted …Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Church leaders speak of demoralised state of society in new year addressesTHE DEMORALISED state of Irish society and the inadequacy with which this is being met has been addressed in two significant …Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Glenstal historian and liturgy expert diesTHE DEATH has taken place of Dom Mark Tierney of Glenstal Abbey, Co Limerick.Mon Jan 02 2012 - 00:00
Irish priest behind one of largest sex abuse settlements in State deported from BrazilAN IRISH priest responsible for what is believed to be one of the largest ever settlements in a clerical child sex abuse case…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Charities should merge to cut costs, suggests Fine Gael MEPLEADING CHARITIES should join forces to reduce overheads and increase overall aid effectiveness, Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
'Visionary and inspiring' bishop laid to rest in BallinaTHE RECENTLY deceased former Catholic bishop of Killala Thomas Finnegan was “by nature, a man with vision”, said his successor…Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Rome feels Kenny's wrathNo taoiseach had ever spoken about the Catholic Church in such termsTue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
Government will respond to calls after abuse auditTHE GOVERNMENT will await the outcome of an audit of Catholic dioceses before responding to calls for further inquiries into …Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Report highlights failure of dioceseWITHHELD CHAPTER: THE FAILURE of the Catholic diocese of Cloyne to deal properly with allegations of child sexual abuse up to…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Redacted Cloyne chapter publishedThe priest at the centre of Chapter 9 of the Cloyne report, redacted elements of which were published this evening, faced complaints…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Archbishop felt 'abandoned' as he dealt with child abuse issueTHE CATHOLIC Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has admitted to having felt abandoned at times in his dealings with the clerical…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Full Cloyne report to be published, court rulesTHE REMAINING sections of the Cloyne report into the sexual abuse of children by priests can now be published, the High Court…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Cloyne chapter set to be publishedChapter nine of the Cloyne report, which was cleared for publication in the High Court this morning, will not be published until…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Archbishop says Dublin diocese facing crisisIRELAND’S LARGEST Catholic diocese is facing its biggest crisis since emancipation in 1829, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Diocese ignoring priests, says clericFR MICHAEL Collins, who serves in Haddington Road parish in Dublin, said the greatest worry Dublin priests had was lack of security…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral set to retireTHE DEAN of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Robert MacCarthy, is to retire next monthTue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Christmas story can bring light to 'dark times' we live inTHIS “IS a dark time of the year, and we live in dark times”, Church of Ireland Bishop Michael Burrows of Cashel and Ossory has…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Children urged to help needy with 'thank you' teacher cardsCHILDREN SHOULD “give a helping hand to those most in need” instead of giving Christmas gifts to their teachers, it has been …Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Churches to press British on £600m welfare cutsIRELAND’S FOUR main church leaders are travelling to London this morning to express their “grave concern” about the likely impact…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
First vows: sister takes initial step towards solemn profession in Ireland’s only Cistercian monastery for womenHER NAME is Theresa Kottayail, but from yesterday she will be known as Sr Robert, after one of the founders of the Cistercians…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Group calls for abuse inquiry into McQuaidA SWORN statutory inquiry should be set up to investigate sex abuse complaints and concerns about former archbishop of Dublin…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
McQuaid's actions aimed at avoiding scandal - without concern for youngABUSE COMPLAINTS: The Murphy report was clear in its assessment of the role of the former archbishop of DublinThu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Archbishop McQuaid subject of child sex abuse complaintsTWO CHILD sex abuse complaints against former Catholic archbishop of Dublin John Charles McQuaid, as well as a separate “concern…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
