Clerical abuse scandals entering disturbing phase, says McAleese

Former president urges pope to make Ireland point at which ‘hope and history rhyme’

Fintan O’Toole: Catholic Ireland is now a religious rust belt of half-empty churches

The authoritarian version of Catholicism is over. In other forms it is alive and well

Colum Kenny: agriculture’s major role in climate change

Ireland under pressure to curb farm emissions but persuading farmers will not be easy

Catholic heavyweights clash over teaching on contraception

Rival documents published by leading academics on artificial means of birth control

Mary McAleese challenges Catholic ban on contraception

Former president joins more than 100 academics in signing ‘Scholars’ Statement’

Pope Francis and climate change

The new reality of prostitution has to be addressed by a change in the law

Scandanavian-type laws should be introduced here