Case for radical reform of Garda now unequivocalFrom the ‘heavy gang’ to Maurice McCabe, questions on accountability persistSat Feb 18 2017 - 01:00
Death of ‘sex as sin’ brought confession era to an end - priestRemarks counter clergy at Galway novena who suggested practice making a comebackSat Feb 18 2017 - 01:00
Patsy McGarry. . . In a WordMost of us would happily have exchanged places with our classmate the ProtestantSat Feb 18 2017 - 00:00
Cistercian College Roscrea boys’ boarding school to closeTop Catholic college in Offaly to call time on vocation as enrolment dips 45% in 10 yearsFri Feb 17 2017 - 17:47
Falsely accused of child sex abuse: ordeal of innocent priests‘I understand why people, including clergy, take their own lives in situations like that’Sun Feb 12 2017 - 23:30
Archbishop of Dublin in scathing criticism of health crisisDiarmuid Martin says culture of care will never flourish in a climate of bureaucracySun Feb 12 2017 - 17:14
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Catholic schools and the baptism barrierAre parents struggling to get their unbaptised children into Ireland’s schools? Not according to primary principalsSat Feb 11 2017 - 00:00
Just 1.2% of children refused school place over Baptism barrierSurvey by Catholic primary schools group shows 95% take everyone who appliesWed Feb 08 2017 - 01:00
Rev Noble McNeely elected moderator of Presbyterian ChurchCo Down native who replaces Rev Dr Frank Sellar will be installed in Belfast on June 5thTue Feb 07 2017 - 21:44
Waterford church bells to ring out against xenophobiaMary McAleese to launch ‘Joy of Bells’ initiative protesting against anti-immigrant moodTue Feb 07 2017 - 15:00
Terminally ill ex-nun: 'I have right to decide when I go to heaven'Kate Tobin, suffering from multiple sclerosis, is embarking on a book-reading fundraiserTue Feb 07 2017 - 08:23
Lawyer Amal Clooney nominated for Tipperary Peace PrizeOther nominees include Fr Patrick Devine, Martin McGuinness and Amnesty IrelandMon Feb 06 2017 - 20:02
Time catches up with McQuaid’s monumental churchBackground: The landmark Church of the Annunciation in Dublin faces several issuesFri Feb 03 2017 - 01:00
One of Dublin’s largest Catholic churches to be demolishedFinglas church to be knocked down to make way for a smaller centreFri Feb 03 2017 - 01:00
Consultation over Catholic schools needs to improve, says ArchbishopHopes Taoiseach will be ‘courageous and forthright’ on refugees when meeting TrumpThu Feb 02 2017 - 21:22
Cabinet to discuss Trump travel ban and St Patrick’s day visitUS pre-clearance at Irish airports to be reviewed, and Kenny's US visit to go aheadTue Jan 31 2017 - 05:00
Kenny should be at US St Patrick’s Day events - Mary McAleeseMeeting Trump would allow ‘free and frank discussion’ on travel ban, says ex-presidentMon Jan 30 2017 - 14:26
US Muslim ban ‘disgusting, disgraceful, inhumane,’ - Dublin imamSpokesman for Clonskeagh mosque says ban gives ‘platform to a lot of racist behaviour’Mon Jan 30 2017 - 09:34
Catholic schools already committed to pluralism, says bishopDr Denis Nulty speaks ahead of plan to speed up transfer of patronage to secular bodiesMon Jan 30 2017 - 01:00
Former president, survivors and families attend Holocaust serviceMary McAleese says US controls mean ‘we obviously haven’t remembered enough’Sun Jan 29 2017 - 20:59
What is it like to grow up Muslim in Ireland?We ask a group about their experiences of racism, acceptance and IrishnessSat Jan 28 2017 - 00:00
Fr Tony Flannery vows to keep fighting for church reformBanned priest: ‘It’s all falling apart so fast; it’s collapsing rapidly. Some say it’s too late’Fri Jan 27 2017 - 18:00
Staff and students protesting at former CICE site in RathminesClaim management and Department have failed to engage with compensation issuesFri Jan 27 2017 - 13:37
Staff and students at former Church of Ireland college protestAfter 200 years Rathmines college of education closure occurred with one day’s noticeThu Jan 26 2017 - 20:06
Msgr Fernando Orcariz Brana named Opus Dei leaderPrelature founded in Spain has 94,000 members, one-third of which are celibate laityTue Jan 24 2017 - 22:07
Hindu leader praises Kildare parish for hosting yogaWelcome is two years after Derry priest warned of ‘slippery slope from yoga to Satan’Tue Jan 24 2017 - 20:56
Methodist Church praises Martin McGuinness’s work for peaceRev Bill Mullally acclaims former deputy first minister’s ‘courage and bridge-building’Tue Jan 24 2017 - 20:52
TK Whitaker ‘a gem amongst men’, funeral hearsInfluential civil servant’s son pays tribute to ‘wonderful father and great patriot’Fri Jan 13 2017 - 16:47
State right not to consult Ballaghaderreen on refugeesGiving platform to naysayers would have sown division in welcoming townWed Jan 11 2017 - 01:06
Fr Tony Flannery to ignore Vatican ban to celebrate MassKenny took letter from priest, suspended for views on Catholic teachings, to pope during visitMon Jan 09 2017 - 18:45
Half a millennium later the Reformation still shapes our worldAlone in northern Europe, Ireland remained Catholic following Luther’s revolutionSat Jan 07 2017 - 01:00
Four youths held over public order offences in Dublin cityDPP to consider charges over disturbances in Henry Street area on St Stephen’s DayFri Jan 06 2017 - 19:47
US Congress ‘is as Christian as it was in the 1960s’New study finds that Capitol Hill does not reflect religious composition of AmericaThu Jan 05 2017 - 16:31
Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’Tue Jan 03 2017 - 17:45
New asylum application process comes into effectStreamlined system aims to cut length of time applicants spend in direct provisionTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Atlantic Philanthropies’ grants to education and healthcareMillions pumped into Ireland’s universities, North and South, by Atlantic PhilanthropiesTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Culture of violence difficult to understand, says archbishopDiarmuid Martin urges halt to gangland violence and warns of increase in stabbingsSun Jan 01 2017 - 16:48
In a word . . . TruthWhat has been a greater tragedy in 2016 than the death of Truth?Sat Dec 31 2016 - 00:00
1916 events done with objectivity and respect, says archbishopArchbishop Michael Jackson says Ireland took Somme back into its identity in 2016Thu Dec 29 2016 - 16:14
In a Word . . . Lie – how can people lie to children about Santa’I saw Santa’s teeth marks in the Christmas cake and his footprints in ashes beside our fireSat Dec 24 2016 - 00:00
Jesus was ‘a migrant child’, bishops stress in Christmas messageMore fact-checking needed in our ‘post-truth society’, says religious ministerFri Dec 23 2016 - 17:16
Man charged with murder of two women in Perth, Australia, 20 years agoCiara Glennon (27), of Irish parentage, in Ireland a short time before deathFri Dec 23 2016 - 17:12
The real thing: Scientists recreate Santa Claus’s faceResearchers in Liverpool use facial reconstruction to produce image of St NicholasFri Dec 23 2016 - 01:00
Dublin City Interfaith Charter signed for all religions in the cityLord Mayor calls for people to take in Syrian families as they are ‘our brothers and sisters’Tue Dec 20 2016 - 22:04
