Man charged with spate of Drogheda robberiesImitation handgun seized in search of man’s homeThu Feb 16 2023 - 08:24
Man (40s) dies in single vehicle crash in Co MayoVan driver crashed shortly after midnight on N60 in ClaremorrisThu Feb 16 2023 - 08:15
‘A deeply personal disaster’: Goal pays tribute to 28 staff killed in Turkey-Syria earthquakeIrish aid agency chief says a small number of staff in the regions have not yet been accounted forWed Feb 15 2023 - 17:43
‘So badly needed’: First patients to arrive at new Roscommon palliative care unitPatients unit and families will have access to specialist medical, nursing, health and social careMon Feb 13 2023 - 11:39
Irish delegates call for radical change at European assembly of Catholic churchesRepresentatives push for women to be admitted to priesthood after island-wide consultationsSun Feb 12 2023 - 16:10
Pope Benedict caught me out twice, badlyIn a Word: Two professional low points came about at the hands of the late pontiffSat Feb 11 2023 - 00:00
Drumcondra deeply divided over Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fáil returnWhile some support his return to Fianna Fáil, most were sceptical about his chances if he runs for PresidentThu Feb 09 2023 - 19:10
L’Arche Ireland ‘very disappointed’ at latest revelations about founder Jean VanierReport commissioned by charity, which cares for people with intellectual disabilities, finds Vanier abused up to 25 womenWed Feb 08 2023 - 05:00
‘I am still alive but my life is different now’ - survivor of Creeslough explosion says his ‘heart is broken’Butcher Pádraig O’Donnell (51) tells TG4 documentary the scene was ‘like 9/11 or the Omagh bomb’Wed Feb 08 2023 - 00:01
New Jesuit provincial is a brother of MEP Clare DalyPrior to entering the Jesuits, Fr Shane Daly taught young offenders at Oberstown detention centre Co DublinTue Feb 07 2023 - 19:28
St Brigid’s cross. But she was born in Dundalk so who could blame her?In a Word: All hail the patron saint of midwives, newborns, nuns, fugitives, blacksmiths, chicken farmers ...Sat Feb 04 2023 - 00:30
Francis ‘light years ahead’ of other popes in tackling abuse scandal, says pioneering journalistJason Berry’s career has focused not just on exposing clerical abuse - his other preoccupation is jazz, the subject of a new documentaryFri Feb 03 2023 - 18:26
Anti-immigrant rally in Finglas ‘totally unrepresentative’ of community, locals say‘We don’t want criminality or ant-social behaviour around here,’ says local priestThu Feb 02 2023 - 15:18
Calls for the prosecution of those who park in spaces reserved for disabled peopleOffenders may think again `if they came out and found a €150 fine on their windscreen’Mon Jan 30 2023 - 14:27
Taoiseach warns against rise of far-right rhetoric in Ireland at Holocaust Memorial event‘It is essential that we recall the Nazi rhetoric of the 1930s that ultimately led to the Holocaust’Sun Jan 29 2023 - 21:00
Sustainability image prize added to this year’s Press Photographer of the Year AwardsThis year’s 45th annual event received more than 1,000 entries from 100 photographersSun Jan 29 2023 - 19:01
Being gay is not a sin but sex outside marriage is, says Pope FrancisPope visiting DRC where there is no legal recognition of same-sex couples and South Sudan where homosexuality is illegalSun Jan 29 2023 - 14:11
Pope Francis’s call for decriminalisation of homosexuality welcomedDavid Norris, Mary McAleese and Ursula Halligan among those in Ireland hailing change of tone from VaticanThu Jan 26 2023 - 19:00
Brigit: Trinity conference to discuss if she was a real person, a goddess or saintHer Old Irish name is Brigit but she is also known as Brigid, Bríd, Bride, Bridget, with lots of variationsThu Jan 26 2023 - 14:40
Spiritans told abuse survivor (74) they would deny everything and ‘get him’ for costs Dr John Connolly had ‘carried the twisted, damaging attempted destruction of his life for nearly 60 years’Tue Jan 24 2023 - 01:00
Sociologist Fr Micheál Mac Gréil dies in Co MayoTributes paid to campaigner who lectured in Maynooth UniversitySat Jan 21 2023 - 13:10
Pupils ‘encounter pornography once they get their first phone’, report saysNew RSE programme for Junior Cycle in schools is ‘an important step forward in addressing the needs of adolescents growing up in Ireland today’Mon Jan 16 2023 - 21:11
Landlords want tax cut on rental income and overhaul of regulations‘Minuscule’ budget measures have had no impact on stemming exodus of landlords from the market, says lobbyMon Jan 16 2023 - 00:01
‘You walked with our foreparents’: Mass marks Presentation Sisters departure from DroghedaService acts as farewell to order 210 years after it first arrived in Co Louth townSun Jan 15 2023 - 20:32
Dublin’s Black Santa appeal sets record with €80,000 collectionMoney raised will go to local homeless charities such as Salvation Army, Simon Community and Alice Leahy TrustThu Jan 12 2023 - 12:26
Two of Ireland’s oldest religious congregations withdraw from friaries around IrelandFranciscans and Dominicans withdraw from friaries where they had been present since the 13th centuryTue Jan 10 2023 - 12:36
In a Word... WakeEnjoying innumerable stiff drinks to the mark the passing of an unloved yearSat Jan 07 2023 - 00:30
Emeritus Pope Benedict buried in Rome, with Pope Francis delivering the sermon‘We pray that having served as the vicar of your Son on earth, he may be welcomed by him into eternal glory’Thu Jan 05 2023 - 20:19
Benedict XVI buried in crypt beneath St Peter’s Basilica in VaticanPolice estimate some 100,000 people will attend ceremony for former popeThu Jan 05 2023 - 14:32
Pope Benedict funeral: Irish Ambassador likely to be State’s only representativeAmbassador to Holy See likely to be State’s sole official representative at St Peter’s as President not attendingSun Jan 01 2023 - 21:53
Church leaders express great concern for ‘fragile peace on this island’World Day of Peace message from five major Church leaders in IrelandSun Jan 01 2023 - 19:00
How Pope Benedict ignored Vatican responsibility for child sex abuse in IrelandPontiff excoriated Ireland’s Catholic bishops for their handling of clerical child sexual abuse allegations but refused to blame VaticanSat Dec 31 2022 - 10:45
Pope Benedict obituary: ‘Enforcer in chief’ and first pontiff to resign in over 600 yearsPope was a scholar who wished to remain so but had high office thrust upon himSat Dec 31 2022 - 10:25
Pope Benedict dies in Rome nine years after resignationBody of former pope is to lie in state in St Peter’s Basilica from MondaySat Dec 31 2022 - 09:56
Atheist Ireland granted special UN status in bid to promote ‘secular government’Irish organisation is believed to be the first national atheist campaign group to gain such statusSat Dec 31 2022 - 06:00
In a Word . . . UkraineMy word of the year has to be Kyiv, being utterly biased in favour of the most heroic and impressive people of 2022 – the people of UkraineSat Dec 31 2022 - 00:00
Massgoers raise over €4.5m to assist Ukrainian refugees`Irish people know well the experience of the migrant,’ Bishops sayThu Dec 29 2022 - 18:04
In a culture where cows are worth more than women, an Irish nun has dedicated herself to educating girlsSr Orla Treacy has spent 17 years running schools and a health centre in South Sudan, and is slowly seeing a change in a country that likes to marry off girls fastTue Dec 27 2022 - 10:38
In a Word . . . BellyI have absolutely no interest in a six-pack, Santa Claus. Just your ordinary Roscommon or garden belly will do me fineSat Dec 24 2022 - 00:30
Details of Government inquiry into school abuse allegations delayed until New YearDepartment of Education says any crimes committed should, in first instance, be fully investigated by An Garda SíochánaMon Dec 19 2022 - 19:30
Number of abuse contacts to Spiritan congregation approaches 500Further allegations against Dominicans and SalesiansMon Dec 19 2022 - 05:00
In a Word... old English wordsDon’t complain about being in a ‘zwodder’ state of mind following the Christmas partySat Dec 17 2022 - 00:00
Over 300 abuse allegations to date against Spiritan priestsCatholic bishops believe a ‘reckoning’ has yet to take place regarding sexual abuse in the church in IrelandTue Dec 13 2022 - 12:51
New River Corrib pedestrian and cycle bridge to open in Galway city next yearNew crossing intended to reduce collisions on 200-year-old Salmon Weird BridgeMon Dec 12 2022 - 15:48
Quality of life in Ireland has dropped over the past five years, survey findsAmárach study suggests people are positive about their own situations but worried about country's overall wellbeing.Mon Dec 12 2022 - 00:00
Church of Ireland rows in behind appeals to offer accommodation to Ukrainian refugees ‘They need shelter, welcome and a home in the most practical of ways possible,’ says archbishopSun Dec 11 2022 - 20:43
‘It’s coming home’: Not the World Cup but Irish chalice exiled by CromwellChalice taken from Leitrim after the Famine and stored in Cincinnati convent returns to Carrick on ShannonSun Dec 11 2022 - 17:53
