Robust criticism and mockery are not the same as urging murder and mayhem
Something is seriously awry in US culture that an attempted assassination of a president is just another day in Washington
How will Catherine Connolly represent those beyond her own ideological orbit?
Already, people of faith are unsure whether the ‘all voices’ the President said she would listen to include theirs
The audacity of newbie Catholic JD Vance lecturing Pope Leo is breathtaking
It has been disconcerting to see US Catholics belatedly turning on Trump. Where was the outrage before now?
Why are religious schools seen as divisive but Irish-language schools are not?
There is a strange double standard about religion in schools as opposed to other areas of learning
Road death statistics are incomplete unless they include all who died
Jax’s Law would recognise babies who die in the womb as victims in road traffic collisions
He lambasted Ireland in the New York Times for locking up children. Now he may be sainted
What would Edward Flanagan say about a wealthy Ireland where children in care are put in unregulated emergency placements?
Now that my children live abroad, my uncle’s ‘bás in Éirinn’ has a new meaning
Everything from a stray sock beneath a bed to an old photo album shouts of the ones no longer here with us
All babies who die in the womb as a result of crime must be recognised as people
Jax’s Law will cover unborn babies of at least 23 weeks’ gestation who die as a result of dangerous driving
We need to pause Leaving Cert science reform immediately
It is just not possible to carry out the required assessments safely or in a way that is fair to students
My grandfather’s role in rescuing the crew of a shipwreck is part of our family lore
One hundred years on, I stood with the Spanish descendants of the captain, Joaquín Herrera, and looked at the wreckage
We profess horror at past wrongs done to children. What about the wrongs happening right now?
According to Tusla’s latest available figures, 146 people aged 18-22 moved from State care into homelessness
Christians tolerated Trump because they thought he would end abortion. They were wrong
The list of anti-Christian statements and actions by Donald Trump and JD Vance is long
Transgender rights misinformation is the last thing schools need
It was irresponsible of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties to publish the Know Your Rights guide
Why is no one talking about the grandchildren gap?
A society with fewer grandparents and grandchildren will be a colder, sadder place
Netflix hit Adolescence gets a lot wrong about the reality of boys’ struggles
Constantly pairing the words ‘masculinity’ and ‘toxic’ risks driving young men into apparently sympathetic online spaces, which reinforce a black-pilled nihilism