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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Survey shows satisfaction with bishop main influence on priests' happinessA CATHOLIC bishop has described as "disturbing" survey findings that the first factor influencing the happiness of a priest was…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
First of thousands of Dubliners begin Lourdes pilgrimageTHE FIRST of over 3,000 people from Dublin left for Lourdes yesterday on two separate charter flights that took 180 people who…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
FG playing race card on migrant issue, says LenihanMINISTER OF State for Integration Conor Lenihan has accused Fine Gael of seeking to play the "race card" in Irish politics and…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Ministers agree common approach to wearing of hijabA COMMON approach to the issue of Muslim girls wearing the hijab in classrooms has been agreed by Minister for Education Batt…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Garda defends its policy on wearing of religious dressAN GARDA Síochána has issued a detailed statement defending its "intercultural" policy where the wearing of religious dress is…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Orangemen hail new order in SouthORANGEMEN IN the Republic have drawn attention to a growing confidence among members in a society where Protestant numbers grew…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Orange chief open to discuss bar on Catholic servicesTHE ORANGE Order's County Grand Master in Fermanagh has said he would be willing to discuss a review of its rules forbidding …Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Muslim community in plea for more burial groundsLOCAL AUTHORITIES throughout the State should make more burial spaces available for Muslims as, currently, there is just one …Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Unequal rites for allRonnie Drew's funeral has opened a debate about inconsistencies in the way guidelines for funeral Masses are applied, with 'secular…Sat Aug 30 2008 - 01:00
Atheists forced to travel out of Donegal for final resting placeIT APPEARS there may be nowhere in Co Donegal where someone who is openly an atheist can be buried.Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Opus Dei to run wealthy Merrion Road parishONE OF the wealthier parishes in Dublin's Catholic archdiocese has been entrusted by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to the care of…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Grand secretary welcomes cardinal's comments on Orange OrderCOMMENTS MADE about the Orange Order by the Catholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady at the Humbert Summer School have been warmly…Wed Aug 27 2008 - 01:00
Cardinal criticises EU attitude to Christian way of lifeGROWING UNEASE among Christians at the direction in which the EU is headed may have been a factor in the recent rejection of …Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Cardinal challenges the media's 'dominant' secular viewHUMBERT SUMMER SCHOOL: IRELAND'S MEDIA is dominated by a secular outlook hostile to religion according to Cardinal Seán Brady…Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Men dominate new line-up for NewstalkTODAY FM has lost one of its leading radio presenters, Tom Dunne, to fellow commercial station Newstalk.Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Acceptability of IVF in Irish culture criticisedTHE CULTURAL acceptability of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in Ireland has been forcefully criticised in an article for the September…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Ganley accused of dodging debateANTI-LISBON Treaty organisation Libertas yesterday rejected a claim its founder Declan Ganley had "chickened out" of a debate…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Press body rejects church complaintA COMPLAINT by the Catholic Communications Office against the Sunday Times has not been upheld by the Press Ombudsman.Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
Emergency services deal with aftermath of widespread floodingAn apartment complex in Carlow town had to be evacuated and roads were rendered impassable in many counties as rivers burst their…Mon Aug 18 2008 - 01:00
Segregation is 'distinctive' in North schoolsTHE "MOST distinctive thing about education in Northern Ireland, as opposed to the rest of the UK, is segregation", the Parnell…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Ruane says 11-plus in Northern schools at an endTHERE WILL be no 11-plus examination in the North's primary schools next year for the first time in over 60 years, the North'…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Bishop's cautious welcome to national assembly forumA NATIONAL assembly of Catholic bishops, priests and laity would present "no difficulty" for the Bishop of Killaloe, Most Rev…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
No directive for schools on use of Islamic scarfTHE GOVERNMENT has decided not to issue a directive to schools on the wearing of the Islamic hijab headscarf by pupils, Minister…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Migrants fill 90% of new jobs as inward flow continuesIRELAND WILL continue to receive a significant number of migrants despite the downturn in the economy and a rise in emigration…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
'Two-tier' education warningINTO LEADER OPPOSES 'SEGREGATED' SCHOOLING: "While a plurality of providers might at first appear attractive, it will undoubtedly…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
