Taking the church out of Irish primary schools
The Catholic Church is patron of almost 90% of primary schools. Can a new reconfiguration plan deliver more choice for parents?
The Catholic Church is patron of almost 90% of primary schools. Can a new reconfiguration plan deliver more choice for parents?
Former minister, senator and European commissioner is remembered for his integrity
Former Fianna Fáil minister and EU commissioner left ‘a rich political legacy’
Educate Together fears being excluded from plan to create multi-denominational schools
Bishops to ‘co-operate fully’ in facilitating school choice in eight pilot areas
Funding for 27 projects includes old schools, cinemas and court houses across the country
Cork’s test centre has highest pass rate with Dublin test centres among lowest
Trade unionist and feminist activist spent 36 years with The Irish Times
An Irishman’s Diary: One of 20th century’s greatest scientists was born in Nenagh
Declaration sought that law on which decision was taken is unconstitutional
Several travellers take Covid tests amid doubts about arrival of vaccine certs
Early economic figures show emerging shift from east-west to north-south dealings
Retailer forced to shut due to ‘evidence of rodent interference’ with bags of pasta
Hiqa report raises concerns about Clonakilty facility where 10 residents died last year
A number of teaching staff and students at St Gerard’s test positive for Covid-19
HSE engaging with two schools where positive cases have been detected
Rower’s mother and grandmother were prominent sportswomen representing Ireland
Search the data: How has coronavirus been spreading in your local area?
Despite queues and more security, people are calm as this has happened before, Marie Starr says
Pedestrian suspension bridge in Sunday’s Well is the only one of its type in the country
Dublin’s highest incidence in Blanchardstown and lowest is in Killiney
Town&Country: A Ringsend cottage or a slice of the good life in Nenagh
Buyers at the upper end of the market have shown a tendency to prefer turnkey homes
Only three protests lifted since deal, according to beef farmer group
High Court told potential new beef deal with China could be put in jeopardy by ongoing protests
Vegetarian Abbey Street eatery was one of eight closed by FSAI in July
Sailors face another tough day on Miho Bay, Japan in Laser Radial World Championship
Court rules man overstated area of lands eligible under Single Payment Scheme
Brush up your design and DIY skills this autumn by joining one of the many classes available
Bernard Davenport obituary: former colleagues recall his intellectual brilliance and pleasantness
Global Anglican Future Conference believes in ‘conversion therapy’ for gay people, with its toxic, destructive results
What is not widely known is the significant Irish connections to probably the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th Century
Some 140,223 vehicles checked as part of the 24-hour operation by An Garda Síochána
ESB works to restore power at 30 wastewater plants and sewage pumping stations
Malachy Clerkin, Amy Huberman, Una Mullally and more on their fathers as young men
Four men arrested after searches in Castlebar, Nenagh and Dundalk
A New York Irish pub may have been voted best bar in the world but ‘old country’ pubs are in decline in the Big Apple. Here are some classics and others reviving the tradition
Lands at Shallee Cross in Co Tipperary could be used for housing, forestry or farming
Irish Rail: No services on Maynooth, Docklands lines due to incident at Glasnevin Jnct
One of two brothers released on basis of no probable cause in shooting of Brian Hanrahan
You wouldn’t light a cigarette when near a child, so what’s different about car fumes?
How a retired book-collecting Sligo GP managed to get a copy of DH Lawrence’s banned book while still at school
Pump-storage hydro-plant could generate enough electricity to power 400,000 homes
Bram Stoker festival and Burren Food Fayre among events taking place across the country
Gardaí, Defence Forces investigate chemical substance sent to Minister’s Tipperary office
Anti-water charges activists chant anti-Government slogans at Tipperary rally
Denis ‘Sonny’ O’Neill: RIC man, spy, IRA volunteer and, almost certainly, the Big Fellow’s assassin
Thousands from Travelling community head to Limerick to pay respects to late 81-year-old
‘I was a slave all my young life. My mother was a slave to prejudice’
Regional cities are crucial to prosperity and cannot be left to fend for themselves
ESB working ‘against the clock’ to complete repairs before next storm tomorrow
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