‘We need more priests’: Catholic bishop welcomes 13 seminarians into trainingThis year’s intake brings to 77 the number of men being training for priesthood in IrelandThu Sept 25 2025 - 18:51
Pithy is just not enough to make wit great, it must also advance the meaning of a sentenceIn a Word ... WitMon Sept 15 2025 - 00:30
Leeson Park church in Dublin 6 sold to Romanian Orthodox Church Church, estimated to have sold for over €4m, was purchased with financial assistance from Romanian governmentWed Sept 10 2025 - 14:07
Toilet paper is up there with gun powder as a Chinese inventionIn a Word ... LavatoryMon Sept 08 2025 - 00:30
First saint of 21st century, who died aged 15, to be canonised in Rome ‘God’s influencer’ Carlos Acutis died aged 15 in 2006Sun Sept 07 2025 - 08:43
Ireland’s longest-serving bishop announces his retirementBishop Paul Colton’s tenure as Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross the longest since 1617Sat Sept 06 2025 - 18:41
St John of God brothers to step aside and appoint lay people to take over governanceThe order’s services support more than 12,000 children, adolescents and adults Tue Sept 02 2025 - 17:19
The moon landings, Pope John Paul I and some strange facts In a Word ... CrazyMon Sept 01 2025 - 00:30
Priests demand Irish Catholic Church sever ties with Allianz over Israel linksMove follows similar demands among GAA members unhappy over relationship with multinational insurance companyThu Aug 21 2025 - 20:39
In a Word...PhoneWith a mobile phone, you are never alone, and the world is at your fingertipsMon Aug 18 2025 - 00:30
Pope Leo targeted Maga money in early days as pontiff, says Mary McAleeseFormer president dubs Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days `more Benedict than Francis’Thu Aug 14 2025 - 18:09
In a Word... DrinkIreland is no longer a high alcohol consumption country, by EU standardsMon Aug 11 2025 - 09:00
Be gentle with your body – you need it more than it needs you In a Word ... BodyFri Aug 08 2025 - 17:09
In a Word...PhobiaConventional phobias of small spaces, flying or spiders are out. What about arachibutyrophobia, the fear of peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth? Mon Jul 28 2025 - 00:30
Ireland is officially one of the least sunny places in the world – and that can only make it more popularIn a Word ... TouristMon Jul 21 2025 - 00:30
Decision to remove Eamonn Casey’s remains came in response to furore over documentary last year The explanation given for the action by Galway’s diocesan authorities was rather obscureSun Jul 20 2025 - 16:00
Garda will not reopen Bishop Eamonn Casey investigationFormer Bishop of Galway, whose remains were removed from cathedral crypt, had been accused of sexually abusing multiple children.Sun Jul 20 2025 - 14:16
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s remains removed from Galway cathedral Bishop’s remains have been moved from the cathedral crypt and entrusted to his family’s careSat Jul 19 2025 - 12:07
Sex abuse in schools: State accused of ignoring its liability for redress Louise O’Keeffe, who took State to court over failure to protect her, questioned Government’s guidance on issueFri Jul 18 2025 - 10:00
Remove statute of limitations to encourage churches and orders to pay sex-abuse redress - expertIt is in the interest of religious organisations to contribute to schemes as way of reducing costs, says Prof Conor O’Mahony of Child Law ClinicFri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
The greatest Frenchman of the 20th century and the Irish blood that flowed in his veinsIn a Word ... FranceMon Jul 14 2025 - 00:30
Mother and baby home survivor upset by absence of 1,090 infants from key report‘No mention’ of babies who died at Sean Ross Abbey or of need to investigate anomalies on land, says campaignerThu Jul 03 2025 - 19:48
Br Kevin Crowley of Capuchin Day Centre dies aged 90Corkman set up the centre on Bow Street, Dublin in 1969Wed Jul 02 2025 - 12:11
The 500-year-old treaty that made Irish people citizens of SpainIn a Word ... SpainMon Jun 30 2025 - 00:30
A lesson straight outta BallaghaderreenIn a word ... Gang. Dispatch from a veteran of the tyre warsMon Jun 23 2025 - 00:30
Church of Ireland bishop criticises invite for gay US preacher to speak at Pride service in DublinBishop of Down and Dromore David McClay claims church members ‘concerned and confused’ by moveTue Jun 17 2025 - 14:15
Spiritans’ promise of redress must be ‘substantiated by actions’, says abuse survivors groupRestore Together spokesman says victim-centred redress scheme should be delivered urgentlyTue Jun 17 2025 - 13:43
Spiritans commit to redress scheme for school abuse survivors in attempt to ‘offer atonement’Head of congregation Fr Brendan Carr says it is seeking to be ‘accountable at this time for what happened in another time’Mon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
James Joyce: ‘For a boy of his age in a Dublin day school, he seems to have had considerable sexual experience’In a Word ... PrecociousMon Jun 16 2025 - 00:00
PSNI given emergency Stormont cash to tackle anti-immigration riotsAll parties in executive ‘on the same page’ in condemning ‘violent racism’, Michelle O’Neill saidFri Jun 13 2025 - 19:00
Highest number of abuse allegations in 16 years received by Catholic Church’s safeguarding bodyBoard reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools Tue Jun 10 2025 - 16:31
‘It is our Christmas’: Eid celebrations in Tallaght a mix of faith and funAbout 4,000 people turned up for event marking the end of Ramadan fastingFri Jun 06 2025 - 19:45
In a Word...AncestryIreland has proved adept at forging friendships with influential people based on family heritageMon Jun 02 2025 - 00:30
‘Humanity has lost its heart’: Ireland’s churches react forcefully to `abandoned’ GazaCatholic bishops pray ‘all those in positions of power globally will stand up and demand an end to this cruelty’Wed May 28 2025 - 19:00
In a Word...LanguageLanguage is intrinsically linked to identity and is sometimes weaponised in political discourseMon May 26 2025 - 00:30
Church live-streaming likely to lead to more defamation actions, evangelicals warnEvangelical church in Tullamore, Co Offaly, was recently sued over remarks made during live-streamed BaptismThu May 22 2025 - 19:24
In a Word ... ScatologyAdvertising and bodily functions – a match made in hell Mon May 19 2025 - 00:30
The financial heavyweight, the media guru and the abuse investigator: What next for top Irish Vatican clerics under Pope Leo XIV?Three Irish-born senior figures in the Roman Curia look set to remain in prominent roles under the new pontiffSun May 18 2025 - 06:00
Zelenskiy invites Pope Leo to visit UkraineInvitation extended during pontiff’s first known phone call with a foreign leaderMon May 12 2025 - 16:14
In a Word... SuffragetteIs there a man out there who would dare sing – even in jest – that song from My Fair Lady: ‘Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?’Mon May 12 2025 - 00:30
‘Never again war’: Pope Leo interrupts St Peter’s Square revelry with pleas for peace in Ukraine and GazaVisitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’ Sun May 11 2025 - 16:08
‘Bob the Pope’ considered ‘a safe pair of hands’ by Irish priest who knew the new Pope Leo XIVPontiff’s successor as head of Augustinians recalls a man who is ‘humble, listens, lets everybody do their jobs’Fri May 09 2025 - 16:56
Pope Leo’s social conscience won’t go down well with JD Vance and Maga AmericaPope Leo XIV accurately reflects the Catholic Church’s position in the developing world, where it is growing fastestFri May 09 2025 - 08:06
Pope Leo XIV: First US-born pontiff addresses the faithful in St Peter’s SquareCardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago unlikely choice as 267th pope, but seen as champion of migrants and poorThu May 08 2025 - 22:10
‘It’s like our Olympics’: Irish priests among stunned faithful in St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV emergesMany were surprised at choice of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, but hoped he would carry on legacy of Pope FrancisThu May 08 2025 - 21:20
Could a Dublin-born man become the next pope? Six men who could succeed FrancisConclave eligible to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis are expected to meet within weeksThu May 08 2025 - 08:06
Papal conclave: ‘I dread the day I think that’s about to arrive when I’m going to be older than the pope’As the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel took their oaths, a crowd of all ages gathered in St Peter’s SquareWed May 07 2025 - 21:22
