Person: Mark Patrick Hederman

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Monks open a new chapter on life behind the Glenstal walls

We all have a healthy curiosity about how others live. It’s just one of the reasons we love to pore over property and interiors spreads — that peek behind someone else’s front door is just irresistible.

news

Fr Mark Patrick Hederman: Church ‘will die without evolution’

news

Abbot laments cloying teaching system

Educate people to work and to think

news

Comedian defends send-up of President

general

Life Lessons: New book goes behind the public image of well-known faces

Tonight's TV tips

Caroline Flack hosts Viral Tap, on ITV2 at 10pm. A brand new topical comedy show which searches for the week's best online clips and viral videos.

Sun, 27 Apr, 2014

Nolle timere: 'don't be afraid' Heaney's last words

Family and friends of Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney have gathered with his contemporaries and dignitaries to pay last respects to one Ireland’s literary greats.

Mon, 02 Sep, 2013

Treading softly in Sligo

The Yeats festival is much more than an attempt to cash in on the artistic brothers’ association with the area, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2013

Treading softly in Sligo

The Yeats festival is much more than an attempt to cash in on the artistic brothers’ association with the area, writes Alan O’Riordan.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2013

Best of the week's TV (May 4-10)

Highlights include Derek Mooney's new nature series and The Apprentice.

Sat, 04 May, 2013

Best of the week's TV (May 4-10)

Highlights include Derek Mooney's new series and The Apprentice.

Sat, 04 May, 2013

Understanding silent history of Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch has written a book about silence — contemplative or evasive — in Christianity. Mark Patrick Hederman considers the evidence

Sat, 13 Apr, 2013

Unlocking the magic of Harry Potter

Break out the butter beer.

Wed, 25 Jul, 2012

Festival mixes up virtue and vice

ENCOMPASSING all the art forms, as well as food-themed events and debate, Kinsale Arts Festival (Jul 7 to 15) really has something for everyone.

Tue, 03 Jul, 2012

Br Anselm kept from students after abuse claim

A MONK at Glenstal Abbey boarding school in Limerick has been removed from contact with students following an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in England.

Fri, 29 Jul, 2011

Pulitzer prize winner to attend literary festival

PULITZER prize winning US poet Jorie Graham will lead distinguished literary figures who will take part in a festival to honour Co Limerick poet, Michael Hartnett.

Tue, 23 Mar, 2010

Macho culture driving young men to suicide, warns monk

YOUNG men can become suicidal if they fail to live up to macho male stereotypes typified in sports such as rugby, a monk at a top college warned yesterday.

Wed, 08 Mar, 2006