CHRISTMAS is such a crazy time, particularly if you’re female, and a mother, and you bear primary responsibility for producing the Yuletide spread on the big day.

It is no longer sustainable to maintain laws that visit cruelty on the most vulnerable on the basis of one particular religion, writes Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

Cardinal Seán Brady left no doubt on Saturday at Knock that the Catholic hierarchy is determined to influence politicians and the electorate to defeat the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.