Spiritan abuse survivor group raises concern statutory inquiry could set back justice and support programmes
Restore Together writes to Minister for Education Norma Foley seeking urgent meeting to discuss terms of reference of any such inquiry
Scale of inquiry into sexual abuse in fee-paying private schools cannot be underestimated
Past experiences show that Government faces onerous task in getting to heart of what happened in schools such as Blackrock College
Bishop Eamonn Casey was repeatedly given the benefit of doubt
Despite being questioned by gardaí and removed from public ministry by the Vatican, Casey died without atoning for his alleged actions
Neither Ireland’s Catholic Primate nor Pope Francis has ever denied Communion to anyone
Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’
Priest group condemns refusal of communion to Cork TD who supported repeal of Eighth Amendment
Bantry parish priest would not give Colm Burke communion and told him ‘you have been excommunicated’
John O’Mahony believed ‘rivalry was the heartbeat of the GAA’, funeral told
All-Ireland winning football manager remembered for his ‘fiercely competitive spirit’ and great love for his family
In a Word...Climate
Baby Polar Bear came home from school one day and asked his mother whether he was really a polar bear
Tommie Gorman funeral told there was nobody he could not connect with
Former RTÉ reporter was ‘without doubt, a great talker’ and ‘walked with great nobility among us’
Recommendations on assisted dying rejected outright by Catholic bishops
Proposals for assisted dying legislation undermine ‘fundamental principle of civilised society’, says pastoral letter
In a Word...Collective
For instance, why ‘a murder of crows’? It seems too harsh. Or ‘an unkindness of ravens’?
Incest, bestiality, genital mutilation and infanticide? Ban the Bible now!
The Bible is pornographic under the definition set out in a 2022 Utah law
Move to extradite man in his 80s to Ireland over alleged abuse at Spiritan school in Dublin
More than 150 people have contacted gardaí about sexual abuse at schools run by religious order
In a Word....Rejoice
Imagine the attention were Ireland to have a public holiday celebrating a fictional character
Tuesday’s fire at St Michan’s Church not the first time the Dublin site was vandalised
Archdeacon David Pierpoint says mummified bodies have been ‘destroyed’ and ‘damaged beyond repair’