Remarks on Holocaust offensive, says archbishopTHE ARCHBISHOP of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has expressed concern about remarks reportedly made by Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan…Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Protestant statement 'partisan'CHURCHES: PROTESTANT CHURCHES have been criticised for being “so clearly partisan” in their Monday statement on the referendum…Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Media coverage of Ryan report not objective, priest claimsTHE MEDIA has been criticised for being “clearly not objective” in coverage of the Ryan report on child abuse and of being “not…Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Churches ask voters to consider purpose of treatyPROTESTANT CHURCHES: RELEVANT representative bodies of three Irish Protestant Churches have urged voters in the referendum “…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Protections for unborn 'not undermined' by treatyCATHOLIC VOTE: THE TREATY of Lisbon “does not undermine existing legal protections in Ireland for unborn children,” the Irish…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Protection of unborn not undermined - bishopsThe Treaty of Lisbon “does not undermine existing legal protections in Ireland for unborn children,” The Irish Catholic Bishops…Mon Sept 21 2009 - 01:00
O'Keeffe criticised for referring to Magdalen women as 'employees'MINISTER FOR Education Batt O’Keeffe has been strongly criticised for his description of women committed to Magdalen laundries…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Little to represent staff on RTÉ boardJOE LITTLE has been elected to represent staff on the new RTÉ board following a campaign in which he called for a sliding scale…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Retirement of auxiliary bishopTHE RESIGNATION of Dublin Auxiliary Bishop Fiachra Ó Ceallaigh (76), has been accepted by the VaticanFri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
People seeking basic foodstuffs - agencyCROSSCARE, THE Catholic Church’s social care agency in Dublin, has said that for the first time in its 70-year history it is …Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Levy increase not linked to settlement fund, says dioceseA RECENT increase in levy on parish income in Derry diocese “arises from increasing costs borne by the diocese and is not linked…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Concerns over church child abuse guidelinesGRAVE CONCERN was expressed yesterday about a continuing lack of adherence by Irish Catholic bishops to implementation of the…Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Catholics 'can vote Yes' to LisbonA representative of the Irish Catholic Bishops has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs that Catholics can…Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Voluntary groups warn over effect of McCarthy tax planVOLUNTARY AND community organisations believe recommendations in the McCarthy report would “decimate public services and severely…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Committee to seek children's referendumThe chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children has said it would be recommending that a referendum on the rights of the child…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Date fixed for abuse report court hearingA FULL High Court hearing on publication of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation report will take place on October…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Irish neutrality policy 'not as traditional as often supposed'THE FORMER secretary general at the Department of Foreign Affairs Noel Dorr has pointed out that Ireland’s policy on neutrality…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Judge says response to findings 'will say a lot about present situation'JUST AS the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse said a lot about our past, how we responded to those findings…Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Concern chief warns against No Lisbon voteTHE FORTHCOMING Lisbon referendum was “of crucial importance,” Tom Arnold, chief executive of Concern, said yesterday.Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Day of atonement call for abuse against the innocentSUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27th should be designated as a day of atonement by the Catholic Church in Ireland for abuse committed against…Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Ruling class average in all but vanityThree things define our leaders: profligacy, lack of foresight and ludicrous salaries, writes PATSY McGARRY.Fri Aug 07 2009 - 01:00
Garvey did not do doom and gloom, service toldTERI GARVEY “just didn’t do doom and gloom”, husband Declan d’Estelle Roe recalled at her funeral service in the Church of St…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
New law to regulate sale of Mass cardsONLY MASS cards approved by a Catholic bishop or by the provincial of a congregation of priests established under the authority…Fri Jul 31 2009 - 01:00
Child abuse inquiry could cost €136mTHE LIKELY cost of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has been put at between €126 million and €136 million by the Comptroller…Thu Jul 30 2009 - 01:00
Women who claim abuse at tennis club criticise handling of complaintsSEVERAL WOMEN at a Dublin tennis club, who have made allegations of child sex abuse against a former coach and club official, …Wed Jul 29 2009 - 01:00
McCarthy report challenged on regional airportsTHE McCARTHY report focuses too much on the funding of the State’s regional airports in Waterford, Kerry, Galway, Knock, Sligo…Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Important to learn from past horrors, says Catholic bishopA CATHOLIC bishop has warned “there is little progress in condemning clerical dominance and replacing it with a new high priesthood…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Lisbon vote 'damaged Ireland's reputation'SOME 84 per cent of company chief executives believe rejection of the Lisbon Treaty last year damaged Ireland’s international…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Dismal forecast heightens alert for Croagh Patrick pilgrimsTHE WEATHER forecast for those hoping to climb Croagh Patrick tomorrow morning in the annual “Reek Sunday” pilgrimage could hardly…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Religious orders miss deadline to submit financial statementsANOTHER DEADLINE has been missed by religious congregations in presenting a report on their financial position to Government, …Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
'Urgent modernisation' of mortuary services called forSTANDARDS: MORTUARY AND postmortem services around the country are of “variable standard” with many in need of urgent modernisation…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Group warned of 'unsavoury' reportPARENTS FOR JUSTICE: THE SPOKESWOMAN for the Parents for Justice group, Charlotte Yeats, received a phone call from the Rotunda…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Legislation proposals in autumnMINISTER FOR HEALTH: PROPOSALS FOR new legislation to regulate “the removal, retention, storage, use and disposal of human tissue…Fri Jul 24 2009 - 01:00
Ahern sends abuse report to Attorney GeneralTHE REPORT of the Commission of Investigation – Dublin Archdiocese has been referred to Attorney General Paul Gallagher for advice…Wed Jul 22 2009 - 01:00
Four members of Ryan commission still on payrollTWO MONTHS following publication of the Ryan commission report on May 20th, four members of that commission remain in situ, in…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Minister to receive Dublin child abuse report on TuesdayTHE REPORT of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse is to be presented to the Minister for Justice Dermot…Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Ahern rejects priest's sermon criticismMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has rejected criticisms of him by name made by a priest at Mass in Drogheda last SundayWed Jul 15 2009 - 01:00
McAleese urges vigilance to eradicate domestic abusePRESIDENT MARY McAleese has called on the Irish people to be “nosy neighbours” so as to ensure an end to domestic abuse of the…Tue Jul 14 2009 - 01:00
Dom Richard Purcell becomes abbot of Mount St Joseph Abbey at just 33IRELAND’S YOUNGEST abbot, Dom Richard Purcell (33), received the abbatial blessing from Bishop of Killaloe Most Rev Willie Walsh…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Church must 'stir up' society, says archbishopTHE CHURCH of the 21st century must be “a church of passion to stir up society”, the Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Alan…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Summer school honours Percy FrenchTHE FIRST summer school to celebrate one of Ireland’s best-loved songwriters, Percy French, begins this week in Roscommon town…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Humbert to hold debate on LisbonTHE SECOND referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will feature among the main debates at this year’s Humbert School in Ballina, Co Mayo…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Andrews meets victims and expert on child protectionMINISTER OF State for Children and Youth Affairs Barry Andrews met leading UK child protection expert Lord Laming on a visit …Tue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Most think State should not run all public schoolsJUST A quarter of people surveyed for a Red C opinion poll want all publicly funded schools to be run by the StateTue Jul 07 2009 - 01:00
Priest talks of difficult return for archbishopA DUBLIN PRIEST has compared the return of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to his home city with that of Jesus to his home town of…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Call for apology to survivors of laundriesTHE STATE has been called on to apologise to former residents of Magdalen laundries and to set up a new redress scheme, distinct…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Dominicans react to Ryan report on abuseTHE NEED for reforms arising from the Ryan report has been expressed in two publications from the Dominican congregation, one…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Labour appeals to Government over religious abuse BillTHE LABOUR Party has appealed to the Government not to oppose its private members Bill addressing the concerns of victims of …Sat Jul 04 2009 - 01:00
Declining number of Irish priests highlightedPRIESTS “WILL have effectively disappeared in Ireland in two to three decades,’’ a prominent West of Ireland priest has said…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Abused were hidden in clear sight, says ombudsmanFOLLOWING THE Ryan report “we all emerge..Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
