The Irish Times

The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland

Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today

Fri May 06 2022 - 19:41

Might Covid and 2020 mark a final rupture in history of Irish Catholicism?

Devotion has become fixated on Sunday Mass – but will many return to church when curbs fully lift?

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 01:00

Fintan O’Toole: Gay Byrne held the key to Ireland’s locked room of secrets

There is no other country in which light entertainment could lead into such dark territory

Tue Nov 05 2019 - 00:05

One day in September 1980: Galway’s day of deliverance

Victory over Limerick signalled Galway’s arrival as an enduring hurling force

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 11:46

Pope Francis: Knock shrine, bedecked in Vatican colours, remembers 1979

There was little health and safety during previous visit, and no airport

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 01:23

Motor Neurone Disease is 'a nightmare but I’m adapting', says priest

Walk While You Can: Fr Tony Coote travelling Ireland to raise funds to tackle disease

Mon Jul 09 2018 - 01:45

#Hometovote proves emigrants’ enduring connection to Ireland

Traditionally we dealt with difference through exile and silence. All has changed

Mon May 28 2018 - 12:04

Sean Moncrieff: The Irish church always bent the rules. People just kept quiet about it

Priests had relationships. Couples used contraception. People opted not to take it all too seriously

Sat Apr 07 2018 - 06:00

Pope could herald new start for Catholic church in Ireland if he shows contrition

Vatican photograph from 2007 captures church past and questions its future

Sat Mar 24 2018 - 01:00

Rest in peace ... They died in 2017

Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year

Thu Dec 28 2017 - 06:00

Halliday in protest over honorary degree for Enda Kenny

Former UN s official hands back medal he received from Galway university society

Wed Oct 25 2017 - 21:34

Catholicism’s influence is very much alive in Ireland

The faith still has significant public and private sway despite blows to the church

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 01:54

‘We’re not as far from Magdalene days as we’d like to believe’

‘Eclipsed’ tackled abuse in laundries in 1992. The original cast are set to read it at Galway

Fri Jul 21 2017 - 06:00

Protest in Galway as 10 Traveller families face eviction

Protesters at Salthill halting site call on church to honour memory of bishop Eamon Casey

Tue Jun 06 2017 - 20:11

Kathy Sheridan: The weaponisation of shame

Shame has long been used to control women in Ireland so why won’t it work on Trump?

Wed Mar 22 2017 - 05:00

Cardinal Desmond Connell: Child abuse crisis was low point of life

Patsy McGarry looks at the career of the former Archbishop of Dublin

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 13:59

Cardinal Desmond Connell dies aged 90

Former Catholic Archbishop of Dublin had been ill for some time and died peacefully early this morning

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 11:02

Obituary: Cardinal Desmond Connell

Surprise appointment to Archbishopric of Dublin who headed it during difficult time

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 11:00

Clerics who became fathers had ‘loving’ relationships - Fr Brian D’Arcy

Priest says actor Frank Kelly struggled with conscience over Fr Jack role in Fr Ted show

Sun Sept 18 2016 - 16:41

Eamon Casey’s former Kerry retreat goes on sale for €1.9m

Red Cliff House used as retreat for controversial former bishop of Galway

Thu Sept 24 2015 - 05:00

Archbishop warns against complacency on child protection

Martin tells abuse survivor ‘you’ve touched our hearts, and our hearts are wobbly’

Fri Jun 12 2015 - 18:25

Vatican tribunal could audit at least 12 Irish bishops

Some bishops faced criticism over handling of clerical child sex abuse claims

Fri Jun 12 2015 - 13:01

President attends Mass celebrating Oscar Romero’s beatification

El Salvador has ‘special place in my heart and my political consciousness’

Sun May 24 2015 - 21:48

Murdered El Salvador archbishop Oscar Romero to be beatified

Óscar Arnulfo Romero was assassinated by a right-wing death squad during Mass in 1980

Fri May 22 2015 - 14:17

Last post sounds for Galway’s much-loved ‘Connacht Sentinel’

Many high-profile journalists and broadcasters cut their journalistic teeth with ‘Sentinel’ over last 40 years

Wed Nov 26 2014 - 01:01

Keeping my baby: the single-parent choice

Documentary tells of isolation and hatred faced by unmarried Irish women in the not-too-distant past

Wed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00

Dublin priest who helped rebuild confidence in church

Martin Clarke: Born: December 30th, 1946; Died: October 23rd, 2013

Sat Nov 02 2013 - 01:36

Higgins praises focus on remembering victims in El Salvador

President ‘profoundly moved’ to return 31 years after investigating civil-war atrocities in Central American country

Fri Oct 25 2013 - 01:01

Emotional return to El Salvador for President Higgins

President recalls ‘horrific’ incidents witnessed in 1982

Thu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00

Meeting with Bishop Casey led to revelations

Peter Murphy tells how stepfather confronted Bishop of Galway

Mon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00

Governments must maintain focus on North-South co-operation

Retiring head of cross-Border body warns of potential return to tribal trenches

Fri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00