The Eighth Amendment was never about Catholicism. The Catholic Church did not insert it, the political system did, writes Victoria White.

A nun described as the “Mother Teresa of Cork” has been honoured on her 100th birthday.

Fifty years after his execution, the legendary Che Guevara is still arousing controversy. An Irish stamp marking the anniversary of his death has angered Cuban-Americans who see him as a mass murderer and not the romanticised rebel figure that he is so often portrayed to be.

Linda Kenny tells Colette Sheridan about her upcoming singalong show of classic hymns.

At Cork World Book Fest, Anne Sebba will read from her account of the difficult line females had to tread in Paris in WWII, writes Colette Sheridan.

If Britain’s Theresa May concedes too much to those right-wing Brexiteers and Euroskeptics, she could make it impossible to reach a final agreement with Europe, writes Robert Harvey

A retired Catholic priest said he recognised the saintliness of Mother Teresa when he met her more than 40 years ago as he joined 120,000 people in St Peter's Square at the Vatican for her canonisation.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a ceremony on September 4, Pope Francis announced.

Pope Francis says the four nuns killed in an attack on a home for the elderly in Yemen are modern-day martyrs and victims of global indifference.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate known for dedicating her life to helping the poor, will be made a saint of the Catholic Church, the Vatican has said.

Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of her Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas, has died aged 80.

For decades, he was the Dalai Lama’s right hand man but now he’s taking on internet trolls as he believes greater empathy is crucial to our future says Deirdre Reynolds.

Whatever you want, somehow, it will just appear before your eyes in a countryside haven of rest.

BEFORE you go to see Fifty Shades of Grey, you must enter into a contract. The contract is between the film dominating cinemas everywhere, and the audience submitting two hours and five minutes of their lives which they will never get back.

THOUGH just over a debilitating chest infection, singer-song writer Eddi Reader is full of the joys of life and music.

MUSIC and war would seem to be polar opposite in the spectrum of human activity, yet it is music associated with war that is among the most treasured works in the canon of classical music. 

Ricky Gervais says 'Life On The Road' is a "parable" about fame.

It isn’t every day that you see battle-hardened health professionals overcome with emotion, yet there were tears aplenty yesterday at University College Cork when Philomena Lee told the story of her 50-year search for her son.

Be that as it may, millennia of faith has already been observed so it seems likely we will continue to see a blurring of the lines between religion and sport.

Nelson Mandela embodied the best qualities of humanity and inspired them in others, writes Bob Geldof

WHETHER in or out of prison, Nelson Mandela was a crowd puller.

Whether in or out of prison, Nelson Mandela was a crowd-puller.

Your starter for 10— can you name the assistant manager of Brazil? Or Spain? Or Argentina?

THE BAD BAD COP

Brian O’Driscoll is to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Dublin early next year.

Police in India have arrested a hotel management graduate who is alleged to have raped a young Irish woman working in Calcutta for a charity founded by Mother Teresa.

Comedian Mario Rosenstock has hit back at the Catholic Communications Office after the Church’s press office lodged a formal complaint with RTÉ over a sketch in Rosenstock’s television show.

One of Ireland’s leading short film-makers has joined Oprah Winfrey as a life coach on her latest US television programme.

Michelle Collins’ ‘Coronation Street’ character is set to become the landlady of the Rover’s Return.

THANK you to Patrick Corkery for his thought provoking and intelligent letter. (April 4) I would agree that Sister Cyril Mooney is doing excellent work from reports and Patrick also mentions Sean Healy, a good theologian and writer.

EARLIER this week, during the debate on the Moriarty Report, Michael Lowry vowed to expose the “hypocrisy” of Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin.

Huge crowds are expected to visit Co Donegal today, to witness a rare relic of missionary Mother Teresa.

LASAGNA, veal and cake were on the menu yesterday as Pope Benedict XVI invited about 250 poor people to join him for a post-Christmas lunch and denounced as “absurd” new attacks on the faithful around the globe.

Dan Buckley meets Jennifer Sleeman, who is galvanising Irish Catholic women to make their voices heard by a church that does not appreciate their anger.

I THINK Cáit Ní Cuilleanáin (Letters, August 28) misses the point in relation to the proposed mass boycott.

‘MY GRANNY doesn’t like you,” the student at the book-signing blurted out.

SO THREE Anglo Irish Bank directors were granted bonuses of €1m each, while still owing the bank €100m.