The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020 by Diarmaid Ferriter - A hugely valuable exploration of a rollercoaster time
Book shows that even as Ireland has changed, its biggest problems remain ‘deep-rooted and historical’
Book shows that even as Ireland has changed, its biggest problems remain ‘deep-rooted and historical’
The scoping inquiry report into wide-ranging abuse in Irish schools was published on Tuesday. It has prompted another former student to tell his story
Radio: The Hard Shoulder and Liveline hear harrowing stories from former pupils while the Leinster House bike shed continues to exercise listeners
Politician faces backlash but bishop warns against ‘censorship’
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says force will investigate if abusers were working together
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Bernadette Soubirous is said to have seen the Virgin Mary 18 times in 1858
Rite & Reason: If our personal potential is not realised on earth surely it doesn’t disappear at death but becomes realisable in our next level of existence
Breakthrough follows vote by Geraldines P Moran GAA members ‘comprehensively’ backing million euro purchase of five-acre site
Television: Documentary chronicles the evil of the homes while respecting the victims by letting eyewitnesses speak for themselves
In an extract from his new book, the former Irish Times Religious Affairs Correspondent Patsy McGarry recounts the story of a victim of child sexual abuse perpetrated by notorious former priest Tony Walsh
I was sanctioned for speaking in favour of female priests and changing the church’s teaching on sexuality. I remain suspended 12 years on
Geraldines P Moran GAA Club has said it is to pay €1 million for the five-acre Cornelscourt, south Dublin site at the centre of tensions
Woman secretly disclosed 1960s relationship with cleric in London in perceived attempt to thwart his return to public ministry decades later
Rugby club that shares splaying facilities has objected to agreement for site purchase from Catholic church
Co Monaghan-born cleric died suddenly earlier this month in Brussels
Negotiator Sheila Nunan ‘will continue her work to its conclusion’, Department of Equality says
McGarry is notably fair to all sides, despite him often being perceived by many insiders as a liberal crusader intent on damaging the Catholic Church
German cleric appointed papal nuncio to the Baltic countries after period in wilderness following publication of controversial memoir
Letter at Masses in Foxrock parish says rugby club has ‘clearly shown that they have no interest in engaging with the parish’
The contributions of this unique group of the Irish diaspora have been overlooked to the detriment of contemporary Irish society and the Catholic Church
Vance does not so much flip-flop as ruthlessly shed anything that does not serve his ambition
Bishop Michael Duignan has said interment of Casey, who has been accused of child sexual abuse, in cathedral is a ‘sensitive issue’
It is striking that his own betrayals were paralleled by trenchant denunciations of the supposed sins of others along with a determination to make edgy comments about celibacy
Past experiences show that Government faces onerous task in getting to heart of what happened in schools such as Blackrock College
Michael Duignan says he is ‘deeply aware’ recent RTÉ documentary on Casey ‘a source of anger and profound distress to many’
Despite being questioned by gardaí and removed from public ministry by the Vatican, Casey died without atoning for his alleged actions
Niece is among those whom the disgraced former bishop abused, according to new RTÉ documentary
Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’
Bantry parish priest would not give Colm Burke communion and told him ‘you have been excommunicated’
Fr Gabriel Burke would not give communion to Colm Burke who says priest him told he had been ‘excommunicated’
Nuns shun Vatican and say they follow controversial clergyman in row with links to purchase of monastery
Proposals for assisted dying legislation undermine ‘fundamental principle of civilised society’, says pastoral letter
Tilson case decision by the Supreme Court in 1950 relating to the care of three children in a mixed-religion marriage was widely misinterpreted by the public as an enforcement of the Catholic Church’s Ne Temere decree
Kerry writer John Moriarty, who died in 2007, called for ‘the abandonment of the western way of life’
Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan and Patrick Kielty among group of comedians to have audience with Pope Francis
Great majority of allegations arose from incidents that took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
Molly Aitken’s Bright I Burn tells the story of the fierce and ambitious Alice Kyteler, and how ‘creative writing is a way of revoicing the past’
We’re better off now so less in need of supernatural explanations, but a family First Communion still felt significant
Pontiff (87) is alleged to have made remark during meeting with bishops in Rome last week in discussion over admission of gay men to Catholic seminaries
Rite & Reason: Newman wrote, “if I were an Irishman, I should be (in heart) a rebel”
Vatican says old approach was no longer useful or viable in the internet age
Doctrine office overhauled norms first issued in 1978, arguing that they were no longer useful or viable in the Internet age
Very little has changed in terms of doctrine, even if the background music is softer and less dogmatic
Just 8% of children in the North attend integrated schools. 90-year-old former priest David Rice says helping to change this is his final battle
Some 25% of children in 2023 raked in more than €800. A further 10% received €1,000. But maybe we should all just relax about it
Sr Rose Carmel McNamara left Dublin for England at 17 and finds herself helping the poor in Romania at 82
Film director Marco Bellocchio on Edgardo Mortara, a ‘baptised’ Jewish boy taken from his family, and scandal that weakened power of pope
Study finds capacity to foster Catholic ethos of schools ‘shrinking’ with decline in those able to deliver faith-based education
Modernity is causing a drop-off in people identifying as Catholic, but the Polish clergy also bears some responsibility
‘Our country has changed, our lives have changed,’ Dermot Farrell told event in Donnybrook
Throughout the world Catholic schooling is highly regarded, but in Ireland feelings are mixed
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices