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Well, Holy God by Patsy McGarry: An eternal life as a religious correspondent in turbulent times for Irish Catholicism
McGarry is notably fair to all sides, despite him often being perceived by many insiders as a liberal crusader intent on damaging the Catholic Church
Irish First Ladies and First Gentlemen, 1919-2011 by Bernadette Whelan: All the presidents’ spouses
An informative and eminently readable work about an undefined but important role in Irish public life
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Members share their views on the constitutionality of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024
Michael D Higgins is proof that age is not Joe Biden’s biggest problem
Wisdom, that great compensation for the vanished stamina of youth, seems to have bypassed the US president
Justin McAleese was ‘terrified’ as a gay teenager at Catholic schools, says former president
Mary McAleese and Mary Kennedy speak to GAA president Jarlath Burns about Pride, partition and hurling in new weekly podcast
Referendums: What will you be voting on and what are the Yes and No arguments?
What are Friday's referendums in Ireland all about? With voters set to go to the polls in two referendums on March 8th, the Yes and No camps offer very different assessments of the stakes, and some questions remain unanswered
Referendums: Yes votes will see ‘new realities’ put into dated parts of Constitution, McAleese says
Former president says proposals being voted on next Friday ‘part of a journey’ and ‘not a destination’
British feared McAleese attendance at Omagh memorial service would make queen look bad
Department of Foreign Affairs official told his British counterpart that as far as he was aware the prime minister and the royal family had ‘received nothing but praise for their gestures of sympathy’
Eamon Ryan ‘regrets’ abandoning 2004 presidential race but rules out 2025 bid
Green Party leader dropped out when it became clear other candidates would not challenge Mary McAleese
Taoiseach ‘very encouraged’ by Pope Francis’s declaration to allow priests bless same-sex couples
Ursula Halligan of We are Church group says declaration ‘a small step in the right direction’ but that conditions attached are ‘mean, stingy, and grudging’
Letter to Pope Francis says Synod report will ‘wound’ Catholics worldwide
Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese among signatories of letter
The Pope and LGBT Catholics: Francis faces a conservative backlash
As the pontiff apparently seeks to create a more welcoming Catholic Church, a cadre of conservatives become emboldened in airing ferocious criticism
25th anniversary of Island of Ireland Peace Park to be marked with ceremony in Belgium
Peace Park, which remembers Irishmen who died in first World War, was made a UNESCO world heritage site last month
Chronicle of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland launched by Dr Mary McAleese
Former President says new book tells the story of an institution that has grown to become an ‘internationalist hub of inclusion and diversity’
Why is Patrick Kielty stuffing The Late Late Show with bloody foreigners?
Donald Clarke: In reality, this supposedly prevalent partitionist mindset seems to be largely the stuff of comedy
Mary McAleese: Vatican authority over Catholics is ‘legally and morally questionable’
Dr McAleese criticises church at Spirit Unbounded, a lay-led synodal process taking place in parallel with Vatican Synod on Synodality
Tourists in Belfast only want to hear about ‘The Three Ts’: Troubles, Titanic and (Game of) Thrones
Guiding visitors around Belfast requires maintaining a careful balance: thankfully most people come looking for enjoyment, rather than a fight
Presidency was John Hume’s ‘for the taking’, says Mary McAleese
Hume’s son believes the prospect of the presidency was ‘never under serious consideration’
Mary McAleese: Pope’s U-turn on blessings for gay couples a ‘complete contradiction’ of previous stance
Former president welcomes comments from Francis on blessings and says they are a result of listening to the faithful
Enda Kenny contacted taoiseach’s office about honorary citizenship for philanthropist
Name of person former Fine Gael leader attempted to assist redacted in records released under FoI
Michael D and politics: crossing the line as the clock ticks down on his presidency
President’s foray into politics on the issue of Ireland’s neutrality and security comes as he considers his legacy with the final stretch of his time in Áras an Uachtaráin in sight
Vatican commission funded by US foundation whose board included alleged clerical child abuser
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick removed from ministry in 2019 following credible child sex abuse allegations made against him
Mary McAleese and Marie Collins call on Pope Francis to save Vatican child safeguarding group
Letter warns against attempts to discredit founding member of Commission for the Protection of Minors
Former president McAleese says inclusion of Irish in coronation ‘welcome sign of respect’
Congregation at crowning of king and queen consort at Westminster Abbey will hear three Celtic languages – Irish, Welsh and Scots Gaelic – alongside English
Bring back #HomeToRide: why I miss the golden days of Irish Twitter
Emer McLysaght: With Twitter in unsettling flux, nostalgia is already setting in for the heyday of #yokegate, #MassTweets and more
‘Tá mé sa bhaile’: Biden tells Houses of Oireachtas he is ‘at home’
US president says he believes UK should be working closer with Republic to support people of Northern Ireland
Justine McCarthy: What makes a Greek scholar qualified to choose a senator?
Justine McCarthy: It’s sickening to watch TDs who lost their seats in the Dáil swanning into the Seanad for a five-year breather. Their treatment of it as a halfway house debases the institution
Gráinne Mulvey: ‘It’s absolutely remarkable. These women were making huge strides’
The composer’s new work for Finding a Voice, the festival of music by women, is inspired by more than a century of activism
Micheál Mac Gréil obituary: Jesuit academic who helped usher in a more progressive Ireland
His influential research spanned four decades, during which he fought racism, sexism, homophobia and other prejudices
After 280 years Trinity finally unveils busts to women in Long Room
Four sculptures to be included alongside those of 40 men who already inhabit library
Law, money and morality at issue in nursing home charges legal strategy
Solicitor says State should introduce ex-gratia scheme for those who paid for private nursing home beds because no public beds available
Brigid, a thoroughly modern 1,500-year-old saint
Born of a king and a slave and raised by a druid, Brigid integrates opposites and stands as the sister of all
Pope Francis accused by Mary McAleese of ‘ludicrous lack of logic’ in comments on women priests
Former president accused Pope of ‘misogynistic drivel’ following interview justifying exclusion of women
Mary McAleese calls on Dublin Mayor to reverse decision on removing live animal Christmas crib from city centre
‘I was not persuaded by the reasons you advanced for dropping the live crib’, former president wrote in email
Mary McAleese tells schoolchildren about ‘beautiful little children just like you’ who died in Holocaust
Launch of Holocaust Education Ireland’s Crocus Project saw pupils from Roscommon and Leitrim plant crocus bulbs in former president’s garden
Mary McAleese to chair integration process between GAA and the other Gaelic games organisations
Timeline on discussions between the three associations will be agreed in the coming weeks
Fintan O’Toole: Monarchy is a bad habit. Up the Republic
Britain's sense of loss may run deep but the death of the queen highlights the merit of a republic
McAleese calls on pope to remove ‘offensive sexist’ document from Vatican website
Former president describes document as ‘the worst-ever offensive sexist material’
Planned Freedom of Cork recipient ‘stunned’ at award
Mary Crilly to be honoured for 40 years helping survivors of sexual and domestic abuse
The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today
Michael O’Kennedy obituary: A Fianna Fáil veteran who enjoyed long and varied career
Former minister, senator and European commissioner is remembered for his integrity
Anton Savage always sounded incongruous on Today FM. He’s found his voice on Newstalk
Radio: The Saturday morning host provides an agreeable start to the weekend
‘Living in Ireland has changed my life in a way that is so profound’
New to the Parish: Marlon Jimenez-Compton was persecuted as a gay man in Venezuela
Greek president must reconcile high expectations and falling quality of life
Greece Letter: First female president worries about growing inequality after 10 hard years
Newton Emerson: Loyalist attack on Coveney requires a serious response
Government’s policy means response could include carrot as well as stick
Munich prosecutors sent child abuse complaint linked to Pope Benedict
Investigators link four cases in clerical sexual abuse report to former pope
Bestselling author Colm Keane dies aged 70
Former RTÉ broadcaster wrote 29 books, many with a religious theme
Dublin Castle ceremony marks 100 years since British handover of power
Transfer of power came after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921
Mageean still bubbling with enthusiasm as she looks forward to a big year
World and European Championships and Commonwealth Games both in her sights
TCD secures exemptions from sweeping Government reforms on accountability
University had warned last year that new Bill would undermine its autonomy
‘I have found peace’, says Charlie Bird amid outpouring of public support
Journalist with motor neurone disease plans to lead fundraising climb of Croagh Patrick
Should religion be part of Northern Ireland’s ‘pathway to peace’? I’m none the wiser
TV review: Mary McAleese fails to answer the central question her documentary poses
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