In a Word ... ClandestineMy grandparents fell in love, decided to get married secretly in the local church, went to a céilí and then returned to their homes, separatelySat Aug 26 2023 - 00:30
Former pupils at Jesuit schools speak of ‘panic, disgust’ at priest’s abuseRestorative justice process hears testimony from 62 past pupils, mostly from Belvedere College in DublinFri Aug 25 2023 - 01:00
In a Word ... RoscommonNot many people know this but the Roscommon Sheep is utterly uniqueSat Aug 19 2023 - 00:30
In a Word... shamelessShamelessly informing all readers about the BallaghDream Arts FestivalSat Aug 05 2023 - 12:30
We Irish struggle with complicated names. Give us Caoilfhionn, Meadhbh, Seoirse or Caoimhín any dayThere’s a lot to be said for simplified namesSat Jul 29 2023 - 00:30
Most alleged abusers at Blackrock investigated by gardaí were Spiritan priestsIt is understood the investigation was hindered by ‘missing files and lack of information generally on the side of the Spiritans’Sat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Blackrock abuse cases: ‘Anger and disappointment’ among survivors as no further investigative action to be taken More than 140 people have reported incidences of child sexual abuse involving 18 alleged abusers at Blackrock College and Willow Park schoolsThu Jul 20 2023 - 06:15
Witches move among us. Many of them do voluntary workWicked experience has taught me to steer well clear of voluntary groupsSat Jul 15 2023 - 00:30
Almost a third of Catholic parish grounds ‘should be returned to nature by 2030′Bishop of Kilmore calls for church lands to become havens for pollinators and biodiversityFri Jul 14 2023 - 13:26
‘They chose to work to help others in need’: Tributes to Goal staff killed in Turkey-Syria earthquakes Tánaiste says each of the 32 deceased ‘leaves an extraordinary legacy of kindness, compassion and humanity’Wed Jul 12 2023 - 19:26
Dublin nun (94) honoured for years of service in addiction treatmentColumban Sister Catherine Lillis presented with a special papal awardWed Jul 12 2023 - 18:54
Thousands take part in annual Rally for Life in Dublin city centreAnti-abortion demonstrators marched from Garden of Remembrance, down O’Connell Street before speeches given at Custom House QuaySat Jul 01 2023 - 17:56
Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese challenges TDs who criticised slow pace of change in Catholic control of schoolsLabour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin told the Dáil ‘these processes are being set up to fail, not by the Minister, but by those with a vested interested in preserving the status quo’Fri Jun 30 2023 - 17:45
Scoping inquiry into abuse in schools run by religious orders gets more than 220 submissionsInquiry’s survivor-engagement process involving completion of questionnaire by those registering interest has completed first phaseWed Jun 28 2023 - 17:47
Loreto nun Sr Cyril Mooney, an ‘incredible’ educational campaigner, dies aged 86The native of Bray, Co Wicklow served in India from 1956 and has been honoured for her work helping disadvantaged children to get schoolingMon Jun 26 2023 - 11:38
In a Word...BeginningThe best opening lines have poise, excite immediate attention or simply impressSat Jun 24 2023 - 00:30
Ballaghaderreen has a Catholic cathedral - so why has Dublin never had one?Church of Ireland has two - one national and one for diocese - but even John Charles McQuaid couldn’t get a ‘proper’ Catholic one over the lineFri Jun 23 2023 - 07:40
Dublin to finally get a Catholic Cathedral - but it may be on the southsideSt Andrew’s Church on Westland Row identified as best site while Pro-Cathedral to become basilicaThu Jun 22 2023 - 18:34
Being Christian in Republic has become ‘a lot more difficult’, says new Presbyterian ModeratorIntroduction of same-sex marriage and abortion saw ‘two of the primary teachings of Jesus rejected’, Dr Sam Mawhinney tells General AssemblyThu Jun 22 2023 - 12:32
Republic of Ireland-based Presbyterian minister named Moderator Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney (61) has been Minister at Dublin’s Adelaide Road Presbyterian Church since 2008Wed Jun 21 2023 - 12:22
Targeting of refugees and asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’ and risks ‘damaging social fabric’ - ChurchesJoint statement from 16 Irish churches, including main churches, criticises ‘scapegoating’ of people seeking international protectionTue Jun 20 2023 - 13:28
Deadline for scoping inquiry into abuse in schools extended to June 26thSharp rise in reports of abuse last year attributed to victims, prompted by Blackrock College revelations, reporting alleged abuse in boarding schoolsMon Jun 19 2023 - 12:20
Why Ireland should declare Bloomsday a public holiday to honour its most famous Jew In a Word: Two public holidays so close together? That’s nothing: the French had five last monthFri Jun 16 2023 - 07:30
In a Word ... FamePity the high-profile person who may cross that certain threshold of public attentionSat Jun 10 2023 - 00:30
‘The gun is to our heads.’ Trying to make Mass work for Dublin’s ever-fewer Catholics Reduced priest numbers force parishes to join together to address ‘over-Massed’ schedulesSun Jun 04 2023 - 09:30
Who wants to live in perpetual old age?In a Word: What science should be doing is extending youth and the healthy middle yearsSat May 27 2023 - 00:10
Survivors of abuse at fee-paying schools invited to come forward ‘without fear’ to scoping inquiry Letter from scoping inquiry to survivors of abuse at private fee-paying schoolsThu May 25 2023 - 05:00
Sexual abuse allegations made against priests in 19 Catholic diocesan colleges throughout State Protestant-run boarding schools declined to respond to request for details from The Irish Times.Thu May 25 2023 - 05:00
AI is the latest obsession of the doomsday merchantsIn a Word: Before that it was nuclear annihilation, war, the hole in the ozone ...Sat May 20 2023 - 00:30
‘I don’t believe in these unmarked graves for survivors, still being treated like nobodies’Probably the youngest person to have entered a Magdalene Laundry, Maureen Sullivan was 12 when she arrived at the establishment at New Ross in 1964Sat May 13 2023 - 05:00
Men’s underpants are a dismal science indeedIn a Word: Briefs. The Men’s Underwear Index is seen as an indicator of the health of an economySat May 13 2023 - 00:30
An alcohol-free bar? In Ireland? Risky business indeedIn a Word: The Virgin Mary Bar in Dublin has closed due to lack of interestSat May 06 2023 - 00:30
Vatican commission funded by US foundation whose board included alleged clerical child abuserFormer cardinal Theodore McCarrick removed from ministry in 2019 following credible child sex abuse allegations made against himThu May 04 2023 - 17:07
Archbishop Eamon Martin first Irish Catholic bishop to attend coronation in London for almost 500 yearsArchbishop Martin also attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth last September, another first for hundreds of yearsThu May 04 2023 - 15:55
Mary McAleese and Marie Collins call on Pope Francis to save Vatican child safeguarding groupLetter warns against attempts to discredit founding member of Commission for the Protection of MinorsTue May 02 2023 - 18:24
In a Word ... DaffodilMost people think of Wordsworth when the words ‘poetry’ and ‘daffodils’ are linked, but 17th century Herrick was there firstSat Apr 29 2023 - 00:30
Vatican commission for the protection of minors is all about spin‘Rome’s serial “mishaps” in this area are neither stupid nor insane. They are about protecting itself’Mon Apr 24 2023 - 00:30
In a Word... DublineseI realised years ago that even a proficiency in Irish, English and the vernacular was nowhere near enough for communicating with DublinersSat Apr 22 2023 - 00:30
Archbishop Eamon Martin: I was very torn when Martin McGuinness diedArchbishop remembers growing up in Derry during the Troubles, and tensions between Church and IRAFri Apr 21 2023 - 06:59
In a Word ... swearIt would appear there is licence for those, such as myself, who suffer from this disabilitySat Apr 15 2023 - 00:30
Joe Biden says his Catholicism a ‘private matter’ but it is a big part of his political ideologyVisits to Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock and speech at St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina show importance of faith to US presidentWed Apr 12 2023 - 02:00
Pope’s prayers for peace on 25th anniversary of Belfast Agreement welcomed by Archbishop Martin Archbishop Eamon Martin says Pope Francis wants the Irish to renew efforts to find solutions to problems and to work to bring about healing and reconciliationMon Apr 10 2023 - 12:51
Programme of Ireland’s newest Arts Festival announced for August 2023BallaghDream Arts Festival in Co Roscommon will see Daithi & Elaine Mai, Matt Molloy and Joe Brolly across various stagesMon Apr 10 2023 - 11:17
Pope Francis prays for ‘beloved Ukrainian people’ in Easter Sunday addressPontiff calls on the world to ‘make haste to surmount our conflicts and divisions, and to open our hearts to those in greatest need’Sun Apr 09 2023 - 13:59
In a Word...WindsorThe DUP led me to wonder whether this ‘deal to end all deals’ would end up retitled the ‘Windsor Not’Sat Apr 08 2023 - 00:30
