Bell ringing and global greening: What is happening for St Patrick’s Day?Coronavirus outbreak means social gatherings limited, parades off and pubs closedMon Mar 16 2020 - 21:06
Coronavirus: Bishop calls for church bells to ring out on St Patrick’s Day at 11am‘The bell ringing is an encouragement to care for one other, and remain hopeful at this time’Mon Mar 16 2020 - 13:46
Small numbers at Sunday Masses and services, with most live-streamed‘They say that in Wuhan, after so many years of noise, you can hear the birds again’Sun Mar 15 2020 - 17:21
Confirmations, funerals, weddings and Baptisms scaled backDublin’s Protestant cathedrals, St Patrick’s and Christ Church, now closed to touristsThu Mar 12 2020 - 20:25
Coronavirus cannot be stopped but can be slowed, says VaradkarVaradkar delivers bleak assessment of potential outcome of coronavirus spreadTue Mar 10 2020 - 01:00
Relatives of coronavirus victims ‘should not attend funeral homes’Undertakers’ group issues guidelines urging delay of services and restrictions on contactMon Mar 09 2020 - 20:17
Coronavirus: ‘You think, ah sure lookit, it’s holy water’Mass-goers struggle to ditch the habit of dipping fingers into holy water fonts – despite HSE warningsSat Mar 07 2020 - 03:37
In a Word ... PrecisionBeing wrong is one thing, but insisting on being so precisely wrong is provocativeSat Mar 07 2020 - 00:30
Ireland’s Muslim leaders prepare for Friday prayers amid Covid-19 concernsMosque at Mecca closed for first time in 1,400 years to avoid spreading infectionThu Mar 05 2020 - 21:25
McAleese threatens to leave Catholic Church if Vanier story not explainedChurch must say how it commended ‘a man whose predatory proclivities it was aware of’Wed Mar 04 2020 - 01:00
Indemnity deal with congregations over redress was mistake, says MartinMary Laffoy tells documentary government ‘resistance’ led to resignation from abuse commissionTue Mar 03 2020 - 11:03
Same-sex marriage objectors need legal protection, say bishopsNorth’s Catholic bishops say no religious body should be ‘compelled’ to endorse gay marriageTue Feb 25 2020 - 21:19
Mary McAleese ‘shocked’ at L’Arche abuse revelationsFormer president offers praise and support for victims of charity’s founder Jean VanierTue Feb 25 2020 - 02:28
Jewish council to write to TDs on how to spot anti-SemitismParties should adopt internationally-recognised working definition, says representative bodyMon Feb 24 2020 - 03:01
Why did the Vatican not ask any questions about abuser Jean Vanier?Founder of disability charity L’Arche abused six women and maintained link to disgraced mentorMon Feb 24 2020 - 02:48
‘We didn’t know L’Arche founder had a darker side’Jean Vanier revelations spark concern over charity's financesMon Feb 24 2020 - 00:32
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary under fire for comments on Muslim men‘You can’t say stuff, because it’s racism, but it will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion’Sat Feb 22 2020 - 18:29
Archbishop: Sex abuse of women by L’Arche founder ‘reprehensible’Diarmuid Martin reacts to findings of report on late disabilities network founder Jean VanierSat Feb 22 2020 - 17:54
L’Arche founder implicated in sexual abuse of womenSource calls report’s findings into Jean Vanier ‘devastating, just bloody devastating’Sat Feb 22 2020 - 02:00
Who was L’Arche founder Jean Vanier?L’Arche, which helps people with intellectual disabilities, has four communities in IrelandSat Feb 22 2020 - 01:00
Record amount of money raised in 2019 Black Santa Christmas appealFifteen charities to benefit from fund-raiser outside St Ann’s church in DublinThu Feb 20 2020 - 20:31
New Church of Ireland bishop of Connor is electedChurch’s House of Bishops to meet to elect new archbishop and primate of All IrelandMon Feb 17 2020 - 21:53
Funeral held of pioneering Irish Romanian Orthodox priest Fr Godfrey O’DonnellA Jesuit who left the Catholic priesthood to marry, he was then drawn to OrthodoxyMon Feb 17 2020 - 20:53
Elements of the health service are ‘scandalous’, says Archbishop of DublinPoliticians must be held to account for promises made during election campaignThu Feb 13 2020 - 20:54
Archbishop ‘very much open’ to relaxing celibacy rule due to priest shortageIreland facing spiritual ‘famine’ because of lack of priests, says priestThu Feb 13 2020 - 19:53
Archdiocese warns mass-goers not to shake hands to avoid spread of virusesShaking of hands, taking of Communion on tongue and visiting sick not recommendedThu Feb 13 2020 - 13:54
President donates 700 books from his personal collection to librariesMost will be available to the public to borrow at libraries throughout the countryTue Feb 11 2020 - 21:29
President Higgins calls for positivity in efforts to form government‘At the appropriate time people will visit me in the Áras and I will give my blessing for however long it lasts’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 14:29
Priest fears Irish Catholic Church ‘largely irrelevant’ to most peopleInstitution likened to an old car that has gone off the road and ‘sunk into a bog and is stuck’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 13:17
Mary McAleese says ‘safe, affordable’ home should be a right for everyoneEx-president tells UN 150% rise in homelessness after 2013 pledge to resolve problem ‘hard to credit’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 12:59
In a Word: RejoiceOn James Joyce’s birthday we can rejoice in the power of language to gladden our heartsSat Feb 01 2020 - 00:30
Institution investigated by Ryan Commission should be memorial – priestFr Vincent Twomey called for annual Day of Reparation so clergy might repent for abusesThu Jan 30 2020 - 21:49
Churches urge urgent political action on housing crisisCatholic bishop says homelessness a scandal, Methodists support call for housing as a rightThu Jan 30 2020 - 20:21
Kildare priest appointed new Catholic bishop in west of IrelandFr Paul Dempsey called in the past for a ‘national gathering’ on the Church’s futureMon Jan 27 2020 - 15:42
‘Ugly anti-migrant sentiment’ on rise in Ireland – Michael D HigginsPresident to attend 75th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi campSun Jan 26 2020 - 18:00
Auschwitz commemoration ‘a truly remarkable achievement’Chair of Jewish Representative Council of Ireland attended event in JerusalemSun Jan 26 2020 - 17:22
Gender equality: Citizen’s Assembly moves to fulfil 1916 Proclamation aimsPublic policy, gender roles in work and care and sharing of responsibilities to be debatedSat Jan 25 2020 - 19:44
Trócaire calls on election candidates to act on climate change, human rights‘It is important that global issues feature in the election debate’, says agencyFri Jan 24 2020 - 15:37
New culture trying to ‘undo truths’ of Christianity, bishop saysPhonsie Cullinan says about 90% of ‘our people’ not regularly attending churchFri Jan 24 2020 - 09:57
SVP urges election candidates to commit to eliminating povertyCharity wants would-be TDs to engage with the marginalised and take stand against racismTue Jan 21 2020 - 13:29
Churches urge faithful to exert pressure on politicians over housing‘The State built 8,500 social houses in 1975, but was able to build only 750 two years ago’Tue Jan 21 2020 - 11:53
In a Word . . . ForecastLitany of names in shipping forecast soothes some but can irritate othersSat Jan 18 2020 - 00:30
We have already commemorated the RIC - 10 years agoControversy released was a lava of emotion erupting from deep within the innards of this State and most of its political partiesFri Jan 17 2020 - 01:09
