'Black Santa' comes out of retirement for charity collectionsDUBLIN’S “BLACK Santa” is to come out of retirement to raise more money for charity in his usual pre-Christmas position outside…Tue Dec 16 2008 - 00:00
Prison chaplains criticise new begging legislationTHE INTRODUCTION of new legislation to include a €700 fine or a month in prison for begging “will further criminalise the poor…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Rape now a weapon in Congo war, say bishopsWAR-RELATED rape cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being reported at the rate of 40 per day and rebels are forcing…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Profit motivates stem cell research, bishop saysTHE IRISH Government, the EU and, implicitly, University College Cork have been accused by the Catholic Bishop of Limerick Donal…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Former priest returns to ministry 37 years laterA FORMER Catholic priest was returned to the ministry yesterday in Naas, Co Kildare, 37 years after he was laicised.Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Joyce and Yeats letters sell for almost €20,000DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING letters written by James Joyce and WB Yeats, were sold at auction for almost €20,000 at Bloomsbury in London…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Dublin choir to perform 'Messiah' in VaticanONE OF Ireland's leading choirs has been invited to perform Handel's Messiah for the pope next year as part of celebrations to…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Perception of Travellers 'shaped by the media'PUBLIC PERCEPTION of Travellers is shaped by the media, whose coverage can vary from "excellent'' to that "bordering on incitement…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Heavenly wonders: Venus makes its markVENUS EMERGED from behind the Moon yesterday evening as a brilliant dotTue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
World Heritage Sites list to be reviewedAN EXPERT advisory group has been set up by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley to review…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Archbishop says prevention 'is vital' to children's healthDELAYS IN attending to the health of a child can have long-term consequences which time may never be able to address, the Catholic…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
Warning on church financesECONOMIC CHALLENGES facing Dublin's Catholic archdiocese were "quite dramatic" due to the current turmoil in finances worldwide…Wed Nov 26 2008 - 00:00
Orthodox archbishop meets church leaders during visit to IrelandA FIRST visit to Ireland by Metropolitan John Yazigi, Antiochian Orthodox Archbishop of western and central Europe, ends tomorrow…Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Split between eastern and western Christianity recalledAN IRISH theologian has called on the Catholic Church to acknowledge the offence caused Orthodox Christians by western Christianity…Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Cowen to visit PMs of Finland, SwedenTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen will meet both the Swedish and Finnish prime ministers later this week for consultations on the Lisbon …Tue Nov 25 2008 - 00:00
Growing numbers train to be priestsIT IS “a myth” to say there is a continuing dearth of vocations to the Catholic priesthood in Ireland, the church’s national …Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Complaint against Ryanair lifeboat advert upheldA COMPLAINT by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) against Ryanair has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority…Wed Nov 19 2008 - 00:00
Lack of physical affection damages children - priestIRISH SOCIETY has overreacted to the child sex abuse problem, and this may be damaging more people than were even abused, Redemptorist…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Archbishop urges Christians to be 'active artisans' in European projectIRELAND'S DESTINY and identity are "clearly and irrevocably bound with that of Europe", the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Most…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
President warns against 'ransacking the past' at research centre openingPRESIDENT MARY McAleese has warned against what she described as a common practice of "ransacking the past for edited highlights…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Bishop defends religious educationTHE REMOVAL of religion teaching from primary schools would be "totally at variance with a Catholic philosophy of education", …Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Priests face €11,600 pension cut as diocese deducts State equivalentSOME RETIRED Dublin priests face a loss of income following a Catholic archdiocese decision to revise downwards its contribution…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Stem cells 'domestic political matter'A DECISION by the governing body of UCC to allow stem-cell research was unrelated to the European Union (EU) or to the Lisbon…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
Airport tax would 'devastate' KnockTHE PROPOSED airport travel tax announced in the Budget "will have a devastating impact" on passenger numbers and future route…Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Public lecture on Catholics and JewsCATHOLICS AND Jews: The New Relationship Since Vatican II will be the subject of a lecture by Rev Dr John McDade SJ at St Mary…Tue Nov 11 2008 - 00:00
Warm tributes paid to Lewis-Crosby at memorial serviceA WARM tribute was paid by former Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Lord Robin Eames to the memory of former deputy governor…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Church defends Vatican documentA VATICAN document issued last week, which recommended that seminary candidates undergo "psychological evaluations", was as much…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
Rescind education cuts, urges C of I synod in DerryMEMBERS OF the Church of Ireland Derry and Raphoe diocesan synod have called on the Government to rescind proposed cutbacks in…Fri Oct 31 2008 - 00:00
Bishop criticises UCC decisionTHE ARCHBISHOP of Cashel, Dr Dermot Clifford, a member of UCC's governing body, has distanced himself from its decision on stem…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Dublin Samaritans plan viewed with suspicion by archbishopPLANS TO set up a branch of the Samaritans in Dublin were viewed with deep suspicion by the former Catholic Archbishop of Dublin…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Investigation into air crash beginsPOSTMORTEM examinations on the bodies of four people who were killed when a light aircraft crashed into the Wicklow mountains…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Institute criticises O'Reilly's remarksOMBUDSMAN EMILY O’Reilly has been criticised for saying last week that tax and social welfare laws were unfairly discriminating…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Three die in separate road crashesTWO YOUNG men and one woman were killed on the roads over the weekend.Mon Oct 27 2008 - 00:00
Bishops urges Government to revisit education cutsTHE CATHOLIC Church in Ireland has said it is "dismayed that the Budget for education hurts the most vulnerable people in society…Mon Oct 27 2008 - 00:00
Explosion caused by fifth device found in single dayGARDAÍ ARE investigating an explosion at a house in Ashbourne, Co Meath, early on Saturday morning, which occurred without warning…Mon Oct 27 2008 - 00:00
Priest's great passion for social justice recalledIT WAS an unlikely alliance, that between Dominican priest Fr Austin Flannery and the late general secretary of the Communist…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
New aviation tax 'anti-west as well as anti-airport', Dáil committee toldCOMMITTEE: THE NEW airport tax introduced in last week's Budget was described as "anti-west as well as anti-airport "at a meeting…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Gay Christians thwarted by lack of acceptance, Belfast meeting is toldGAY CHRISTIANS who aspire to incorporate their sexuality with their spirituality have found "their efforts are often thwarted…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
Misappropriation of parish funds investigated by GardaDUBLIN’S CATHOLIC archdiocese has confirmed that a Garda investigation is under way into the misappropriation of funds by at …Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Protestant schools object to cutbacksTHE CHURCH of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Most Rev John Neill has accused Minister for Education and Science Batt O'Keeffe of…Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Blair brought army to heel - FitzGeraldIT WAS only when Tony Blair came to power that the British army in Northern Ireland was finally brought fully under the control…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Levy cars if public transport works, says LivingstoneFORMER MAYOR of London Ken Livingstone has said the €200 levy introduced in the Budget on car park spaces in urban areas was "…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
TDs 'broke promises' on CoI schoolsCHURCH OF Ireland members described public representatives as "immoral" and claimed the Government had breached its agreement…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Archbishop says people in 'poverty trap' vulnerableIF IRISH society "is to remain as grasping, materialistic and self-centred as happened in the years of the Celtic Tiger, then…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Challenge of translation to be focus of Douglas Hyde ConferenceTHE ART of translating poems and prose from Irish will be discussed at the the 21st annual Douglas Hyde Conference , which takes…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Tinsley honoured for leading cystic fibrosis campaignYOUTH WORK Ireland has honoured Orla Tinsley for leading an ongoing campaign for better facilities for people such as herself…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
TCD chaplain takes Father Ted as his inspirationYOU HAVE to wonder what the late Dermot Morgan would have made of it.Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Worlds of creation and recreation face belt-tighteningARTS, SPORT and TOURISM: NEWS THAT capital expenditure at the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism is to be reduced by almost…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
A better health service was affordable - PrimateIRISH SOCIETY failed in the recent past to put in place a health service it could have afforded, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of…Tue Sept 09 2008 - 01:00
Irish theologian appointed trustee of Pope's foundationONE OF Ireland's best-known Catholic theologians has been appointed a trustee of a new foundation which has been established …Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
