I am Jesus Christ! No, don’t worry, this writer’s ego isn’t quite that big. We won’t be turning water into wine. Rather, ‘I Am Jesus Christ’ is the name of a new game just announced on Steam.

I refer to the criticism levelled at The Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Alphonsus Cullinan concerning the practice of yoga in Catholic schools. A Roman Catholic bishop is a successor of the apostles; he is indeed shepherd of his flock, and carries a staff as a visible symbol of this role. As bishop, he has a sacred duty of pastoral care.

January 1st 2000 would remind you of the old Ernie and Bert gag.

It takes approximately twenty seconds of travel on a canal barge to seriously consider moving to a houseboat. We were on the Royal Canal, heading for a jaunt west, from Castleknock railway station to Clonsilla, and I was hooked. The heart rate slowed. I haven’t felt as one with my surroundings since the last time I had a bath.

Some people are better than others at getting their way. They know the buttons to press, where to expend charm, and when to wield a stick rather than offer a carrot.

A 42-year-old man on trial on charges of raping a 30-year-old woman strongly denied allegations that he threatened she would end up in a suitcase, saying to gardaí that their sexual actions were all consensual.

The controversial preacher who has previously expressed extreme anti-gay and anti-Semitic views has become the first person ever banned from Ireland by exclusion powers dating from 1999.

Vicky Phelan has slammed reports that hospital chiefs claim they did not receive complaints about how bodies are stored in its mortuary.

A final farewell to The Cranberries.

A former teammate of Israel Folau has said it is time for the player "to be moved on".

Rugby Australia and New South Wales have said their position regarding Israel Folau is "unchanged" following a meeting with the fullback.

Israel Folau faces an uncertain future in sport after it was announced his Australia and New South Wales contracts are set to be terminated due to discriminatory remarks made on social media.

Ooh la la! Be a dancer for cancer

Iain Duncan Smith’s arrival at Chequers on Sunday in an open-topped Morgan car for a meeting of Brexit’s Praetorian guard seems perfectly symbolic of the fantasies underpinning the entire project.

Hey, remember in the old days when the catastrophists were warning that VAR would be the Y2K of football, not just ruining the game as a spectacle but worse — far, far worse — doing away with all those ‘talking points’ so beloved of pundits, whether in a studio or on a bar stool?

An inquest has heard how four members of a family died while attempting to do a u-turn on a busy national road.

I am not saying the Catholic Church can solve the housing crisis, but it should show leadership, writes Victoria White

The Pope has paid tribute to the dignity of the homeless as he kissed a baby at a day centre in Dublin.

We think we should struggle in life. But really, all we have to do is let go and ask a higher power for help, writes Louise O’Neill

Made famous by the Healy-Rae’s, it’s a lit like no other and similar to other counties.

A family festival in Limerick at Easter depicted a teenage girl slitting her wrists, leaving children in tears.

Cork singer Marlene Enright is one of the nominees for the Choice Music Prize. It’s an unexpected reward for her hard work in the music business, writes Ellie O’Byrne

The My Lai massacre — the worst American atrocity of the Vietnam War — took place 50 years ago next month on March 16, 1968, although US citizens did not become aware of it until 20 months later when freelance journalist Seymour Hersh provided the first substantial account.

BEAUTY, or at least your version of it, may be priceless but the New York sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, a long-lost painting of Jesus Christ commissioned by King Louis XII more than 500 years ago, for $450m suggests that even our highest ideals can be, and are being, commodified. In reality, it was ever thus.

Many believed nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi  had the qualities of which greatness are made. Perhaps, in hindsight, it is now clear Mammmy Suu only had the qualities of which power is made, argues Victoria White. 

A US politician who said on Facebook she hoped Donald Trump would be assassinated has apologised publicly to the president and his family, calling the online posting "a mistake".

The second murder victim has been named in the gangland shooting that claimed two lives and injured three others.

The Rubberbandits have accused members of the Catholic Church of orchestrating a campaign against them over comments made on the Late Late Show.

A medical negligence action by Saverio Bellante, who is in the care of the Central Mental Hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity of the killing of his landlord in Dublin, may be unable to proceed following a High Court ruling.

Having a keen interest in the work of German spiritual teacher and philosopher Eckhart Tolle, I was somehow willing the universe to introduce me to the teachings of homegrown philosopher, John O’Donoghue. 

Tens of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets of central Seoul today to celebrate the ousting of President Park Geun-hye.

The removal of South Korean President Park Geun-hye by the country's Constitutional Court ends a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months.

Kya deLongchamps looks at the ancient roots and courtly early expressions of St Valentine’s Day.

 

GEORGE BOOLE FRS (1815—1864) was the first Professor of Mathematics at Queen’s College (now University College) Cork, and has variously been described as the creator of Symbolic Logic, the Founder of Pure Mathematics, and the father of the Computer and Electronic age. 

Following on from the success of the October event ’Mass’ which over 100,000 people signed up to attend, another celebration in the name of religion has been set up on Facebook.

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