Catholic bishops voice their support for MaynoothLeading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversyThu Aug 04 2016 - 10:04
Secret Village festival begins in Roscommon this weekendBallaghadreamers, Sing Sing and the Gypsy Dogs and The Dandy Horses are among actsWed Aug 03 2016 - 18:39
Archbishops differ over Maynooth after ‘gay subculture’ claimsClerics disagree over sending trainees to St Patrick’s CollegeWed Aug 03 2016 - 01:00
Maynooth’s opaque culture major part of problemArchbishop Diarmuid Martin is clearly frustrated with history of controversyWed Aug 03 2016 - 01:00
No solid evidence of ‘gay subculture’ at St Patrick’s CollegeMaynooth seminary statement follows claim that some at college had used gay dating appTue Aug 02 2016 - 20:48
Serious questions over Maynooth seminary’s futureAnalysis: ‘Goings on’ concern alleged gay activity, claim of lax theological formationTue Aug 02 2016 - 07:56
Archbishop stops trainee priests going to MaynoothAlleged sexual harrassment at St Patrick’s College reported to Garda in DublinTue Aug 02 2016 - 02:00
Prominent Muslim criticises other leaders for being softer on extremism`I can’t say this, I can’t say that because....they feed me and they give me my sustenance’Mon Aug 01 2016 - 01:00
Integration and dialogue are goals, Muslim forum hearsMulticulturalism of Ireland emphasised at Ahmadiyya Muslim Association conferenceSun Jul 31 2016 - 20:30
Tony Walsh: More jail time for a ‘most notorious’ child abuserBackground: First complaint about priest came two days after he took up his first roleTue Jul 19 2016 - 13:08
Patsy McGarry: Growth in charities and homeless crisisTime for State to consider creating much needed and appropriate institutional careTue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00
Irish Catholic Church ‘trying to dump’ sex abuse priests on StateChurch should use wealth to keep abusers away from public – child protection advocateMon Jul 18 2016 - 01:00
Fr Seán Fagan a ‘brilliant thinker’ who was ‘broken’ by RomeLate priest was censured by Vatican until former president Mary McAleese intervenedSun Jul 17 2016 - 14:01
And Ireland’s European Capital of Culture 2020 is . . . GalwayLimerick, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford were also in the running for titleFri Jul 15 2016 - 12:38
Foreign Affairs gave Console nearly €160,000 for UK servicesDavid Hall to present list of Paul, Patricia and Tim Kelly’s assets to the High CourtMon Jul 11 2016 - 20:37
Irish charity sector is being drained by duplicationAgencies are funded mainly by the State, but expanding payrolls are burning up that moneyMon Jul 11 2016 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in... charities’ controversyIreland’s charity sector is in the news and, once again, for all the wrong reasonsSat Jul 09 2016 - 05:00
Department discusses replacing Console servicesCall for national strategy to oversee charities sector after series of controversiesSat Jul 09 2016 - 01:02
Console founder gave HSE no details on €346,562 in spendingPaul Kelly supplied auditors with unsupported figures for helpline expenditureFri Jul 08 2016 - 01:00
Decision taken to shut down scandal-hit charity ConsoleServices and staff expected to be taken over by other suicide prevention agenciesThu Jul 07 2016 - 15:34
Console: Words disappear from credit card statementsRedacted Visa card details and unclear fun run details raised auditors’ suspicionsWed Jul 06 2016 - 01:01
Row breaks out among Muslims over end date of RamadanHolding Eid on Tuesday ‘has not been accepted by the majority of Muslims in Ireland’Tue Jul 05 2016 - 17:05
Console directors linked to 12 companies, but dates of birth varyHSE auditors found Patricia Kelly employed six different signatures on documentationTue Jul 05 2016 - 01:03
Religious congregations may gift properties to StateList of properties nationwide to be drawn up for Minister for Housing Simon CoveneyTue Jul 05 2016 - 01:00
Console audit reveals remarkable details of spending by ‘nun’Paul Kelly spent €252,000 on credit card over three years, more than half in name of nunMon Jul 04 2016 - 08:24
Console cannot continue without HSE support, says interim chiefDavid Hall says charity still owes €12,000 to cover costs of operating phone linesSun Jul 03 2016 - 22:21
Irish Protestant and Catholic church leaders hold joint service in the Somme‘The Somme has somehow become a river of Ulster,’ said Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Richard ClarkeFri Jul 01 2016 - 21:42
Muslim leader criticised over ‘insulting’ invite to gay peopleChair of Irish Muslim peace council invites ‘those who commit sin’ to end of Ramadan mealFri Jul 01 2016 - 16:22
Four main Church leaders and President Higgins to attend Somme ceremonies‘For many families, like my own, the events of 1916 are still personal’ – ModeratorThu Jun 30 2016 - 22:30
Concern expressed over ‘racist’ attack on Cork MuslimChurch of Ireland Bishop says more work needs to be done in communities to foster diversityThu Jun 30 2016 - 22:02
Film on Idomeni border wins award in DublinCaoimhe Butterly’s ‘The Border’ highlights plight of 12,000 people at Greek frontierThu Jun 30 2016 - 22:01
Innocence of accused priests should be emphasised - reportCatholic Church child protection guidelines makes recommendation on announcement of cleric standing asideWed Jun 29 2016 - 11:59
LGBT people invited to Muslim community meal in DublinPope Francis endorses Cardinal’s call for Catholic Church apology to gay peopleTue Jun 28 2016 - 14:42
Church must apologise to gay people, pope’s adviser declaresCardinal Reinhard Marx: ‘We’ve done a lot to marginalise homosexuals’Fri Jun 24 2016 - 06:14
Power of Irish Church ‘partly explains scandals’Little resistance offered by Irish Constitution to ongoing secularisation, says law ProfWed Jun 22 2016 - 20:08
All in Great Britain and Ireland to pay for Brexit - Glen Dimplex founderWe’re just going to be poorer and worse off if we leave than stay, says Martin NaughtonTue Jun 21 2016 - 01:00
Brexit: Catholic Bishop warns against ‘Leave’ vote in referendumUnion’s ‘vision for Europe’s peoples’ is its saving grace, Noel Treanor saysMon Jun 20 2016 - 22:09
Archbishops lead centenary pilgrimage to Somme sitesCatholic and Church of Ireland primates to accompany 30 pilgrims to France and BelgiumMon Jun 20 2016 - 21:45
Centre for ‘dialogue between faith and reason’ to open in DublinArchbishop recently said Irish Catholic Church ‘very lacking’ in people of intellect who can address issues of the dayMon Jun 20 2016 - 21:02
First Communion spending rises 12% to €836 per childAverage ‘take’ by child €546, outfits €176, make-up and hair €56Mon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
EU could ‘disintegrate’ further, President Higgins warns‘Europe cannot really go on as it is now, but it is important that people be in Europe’Fri Jun 17 2016 - 16:13
Ireland warned about overdependence on foreign investmentTasc says reliance on foreign direct investment becoming ‘increasingly problematic’Fri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00
‘Bogus self-employment’ encouraged by tax system, Tasc says‘Flexibility’ being forced on more and more workers in Ireland, claims think tankFri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00
In a word...language (and its evolution through Irish ears)Back then people only passed when they went to the toilet, so it was confusing to hear Mrs Fogarty hadThu Jun 16 2016 - 18:44
Catholic church: ‘Good Riddance or Good Influence?’Three-day conference to examine role of Catholicism in pluralist IrelandThu Jun 16 2016 - 13:52