Lives Lost to Covid-19: Marie Farrell had a fantastic sense of humour, very mischievousMarie lived her life, full of love and respect for anybody she metWed Feb 24 2021 - 09:00
Mother and baby homes recordings should be destroyed – commissionInvestigative body says it would be legally and morally wrong to retain testimonyTue Feb 23 2021 - 04:45
Priests concerned at Archbishops’ request for public worship over EasterAssociation has ‘significant misgivings about re-opening churches for Easter ceremonies’Mon Feb 22 2021 - 16:00
Transcripts of all mother and baby home testimonies availableO’Gorman says disaster recovery tapes may contain the recordings of 549 survivorsSat Feb 20 2021 - 01:00
In a Word . . . ComplimentI find it much easier to handle criticism and abuse, which is just as wellSat Feb 20 2021 - 00:30
Ireland should not vaccinate young before vulnerable in developing world - Mike RyanIrish people must give Government and EU political permission to share few vaccinesThu Feb 18 2021 - 20:13
Terminally ill should be offered choice on assisted dying, says doctors’ groupClinicians tell committee procedure can be introduced in ‘safe and fair manner’Thu Feb 18 2021 - 14:58
Lives Lost to Covid-19: Patricia O’Mahony was a resilient woman and an avid fashionistaPatricia had great pride in her family roots, and a great love in music and cultureTue Feb 16 2021 - 18:00
Trócaire calls for support as lockdown restricts distribution of boxesVirus curtails annual Lenten appeal that usually raises €8 million for overseas workTue Feb 16 2021 - 16:41
Irish religious leaders seek action against China over persecution of UighursTreatment of ethnic minority ‘one of most egregious human tragedies since Holocaust’Tue Feb 16 2021 - 16:00
Catholic teaching on unborn right to eternal life ‘pathetic’, says McAleeseFormer president claims the church is failing those who die unbaptised before or at birthMon Feb 15 2021 - 16:35
DIY method proposed as Ash Wednesday blessings halted by Covid-19Archbishop says some parishes sending ash to homes and notes Vatican call to sprinkle on headMon Feb 15 2021 - 11:28
In a Word . . . TrustworthyMy late father used to advise: ‘Don’t ever trust a man who doesn’t take a drink’Sat Feb 13 2021 - 00:00
Trócaire joins Irish agencies to help victims of global disastersMove set ‘to reduce costs’ and give the Irish public central fund to which they can donateThu Feb 11 2021 - 16:31
In a Word ... WisdomOur pandemic woes are real, but Grandma Tess could provide welcome perspectiveSat Feb 06 2021 - 00:30
Sunday Mass in every church to become a thing of the past, Dublin Archbishop saysFuture of Catholic Church ‘must be different’, and active participation of laity is ‘essential’, says Dermot FarrellTue Feb 02 2021 - 18:25
Impugning the mother and baby commission does not serve victimsCommissions are imperfect mechanisms devised to provide some justice and redressTue Feb 02 2021 - 01:00
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin praised for ‘courage, tenacity and compassion’‘We owe him a lot’: Political leaders, religious figures and abuse survivors pay tributeSat Jan 30 2021 - 10:58
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: The life and times of a Dublin prelateFrom Cabinteely curate to Archbishop of DublinSat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: ‘We’ve to be careful to ensure we never slip back’Interview: ‘My worst day came early on, when I met the parents of a victim. That shattered me’Sat Jan 30 2021 - 01:00
Ireland committed to combating anti-Semitism and racism, says TaoiseachMicheál Martin says technology providing ‘new opportunities for hate’ at Holocaust eventMon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00
Churches in North extend restrictions on public worship until MarchParishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop saysSun Jan 24 2021 - 14:55
Bishops call on world leaders to ‘hold Israel accountable’ on vaccinationsTwo Irish bishops join delegation seeking Palestinian access to Covid vaccinesThu Jan 21 2021 - 18:09
Catholic Archbishop wants church that ‘truly listens to’ womenKieran O’Reilly says abuses disclosed in mother and baby homes report ‘total antithesis of the faith we claim to profess’Thu Jan 21 2021 - 16:57
Covid-19: Church of Ireland urges parishes to offer buildings as vaccination centresSt Patrick’s Cathedral agrees as few large buildings available in Liberties areaThu Jan 21 2021 - 16:41
Church of Ireland to seek correction of ‘factually inaccurate’ commission reportIrish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany homeMon Jan 18 2021 - 20:19
Mary’s story: Roscommon woman believed a lifetime of exile was as it should bePregnant woman pleaded with God to take her, but he too seemed to have abandoned herSat Jan 16 2021 - 06:00
Funeral of late Bishop told of ‘a kind and good and courageous man’Roy Warke was a former Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and RossFri Jan 15 2021 - 16:13
Church of Ireland archbishops issue apology over mother and baby homesWomen and children ‘stigmatised’ and ‘endangered’ by ‘culture of hypocrisy and judgment’Fri Jan 15 2021 - 15:08
Religious congregations asked to contribute to mother and baby redress fundRoderic O’Gorman seeks meeting with Catholic and Church of Ireland leaders amid reportFri Jan 15 2021 - 00:04
Former Church of Ireland bishop of Cork Roy Warke diesHe gave ‘with such generosity of spirit’ to the life of the Church of Ireland, says archbishopThu Jan 14 2021 - 20:33
Commission dealt with 1.3m documents and held 195 hearingsReport from body states that its conclusions ‘may not accord with prevailing narrative’Thu Jan 14 2021 - 18:55
Bon Secours sisters who ran Tuam home offer ‘profound apologies’Catholic archbishops and bishops express shame and sorrow at report findingsWed Jan 13 2021 - 20:47
Mother and Baby Homes: Now we must pay the price for our wilful silenceHomes provided a refuge, however harsh, when there was nowhere else for the women to goWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:04
Mother and Baby Homes report: A ‘shameful chapter of recent Irish history’Investigation tells of cruelty, emotional abuse and soaring infant death ratesWed Jan 13 2021 - 01:00
‘A matter of great sorrow to us that babies died while under our care’ say nuns‘They betrayed vulnerable women, themselves, their calling and the caring message of Jesus Christ’ – ArchbishopTue Jan 12 2021 - 21:56
Mother and baby homes: Commission finds that 978 children died at Tuam facilityMain cause of infant death in Tuam was prematurity and respiratory infectionsTue Jan 12 2021 - 19:45
Mother and Baby Homes Commission: Who was on it and why was it set up?Commission investigated 14 mother and baby homes and four sample county homesTue Jan 12 2021 - 17:08
‘All county homes were appalling’ with women in one eating meals squatting on floorDespite local authorities having powers ‘no mother and baby home was ever prosecuted’Tue Jan 12 2021 - 17:00
Women on second pregnancy at Tuam home were sent to Magdalene laundriesCommission finds 14 mothers discharged directly to laundry in line with council policyTue Jan 12 2021 - 16:16
Mother and Baby Homes report: 9,000 children died amid high infant mortality rateThree-quarters of all children born in or admitted to Bessborough in 1943 died in infancyTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Those born in Mother and Baby Homes should have access to birth certs and redress - reportRecommendations: Compensation should be paid to some women who were in the homesTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Many men refused to marry pregnant women ‘over fear of losing social standing’Irish marriage rate was once lowest in western world, mother and baby homes commission saysTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Ireland’s proportion of unmarried mothers in homes ‘was probably highest in world’Nearly 56,000 unmarried mothers were in 18 institutions over 76 years investigated by Mother and Baby Homes CommissionTue Jan 12 2021 - 15:00
Mother and baby homes: another chapter from dark side of 20th-century IrelandCommission set to publish final report on outrageous abuse of women and childrenSat Jan 09 2021 - 08:00
Catherine Corless: Quest for truth about children buried at Tuam mother and baby home‘I just couldn’t let it go. It just unnerved me the idea that nobody local wanted to know’Sat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00
In a Word . . . tieRemote working has meant no tie or jacket – I fear I could revert to student ‘style’Sat Jan 09 2021 - 00:30
