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Paddy Carr: Referee was ‘spooked’ in 2002 Louth loss

Former Louth manager Paddy Carr believes referee Brendan Gorman “lost control of everything towards the end” of the county’s remarkable qualifier defeat to Meath in 2002.

Will Browne delve into the Koran next ?

Mother and unborn child both deserve duty of care

Secular education is always inferior

A bitter pill to swallow

We need Catholics on RTÉ’s Meaning of Life

Hickey would have made a better speaker than Father Flannery

Congratulations on publishing Margaret Hickey’s excellent summary on timeless Church teaching/tradition and how it relates to present events.

Sat, 05 Sep, 2015

Majority happy with the patronage of schools

While most forms of public displays of bigotry are thankfully a thing of the past, it appears from Hughie Hartigan’s contribution (Irish Examiner, Letters, August 19) that anti-Catholic bigotry is very much alive and well.

Fri, 21 Aug, 2015

Bishops need to restore integrity of Catholic teaching within its schools

After the recent same sex marriage referendum, Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin stated that the Church needed to learn some lessons. That must go down as the understatement of the century.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2015

Have your say: What our readers are saying about the Marriage Equality Referendum

You’ve read our reports and editorials on tomorrow’s same-sex marriage referendum. Now it’s time for your voice to be heard

Thu, 21 May, 2015

Priests too cowardly to preach on nature of marriage

Congratulations to Alan Whelan (Irish Examiner, Letters, March 25) for rightly identifying the dereliction of duty inherent in the cowardly decision by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP0 not to preach the Church’s teaching regarding the nature of marriage.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2015

Let journalists learn from the balanced BAI ruling

When I was growing up, one associated thought crime or Big Brother etc with the Soviet Politburo.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2015

Catholic philosophers built on the knowledge of non-believing predecessors

It’s that time of year for good cheer; goodwill to all men and, oh, begrudgery on behalf of the non-believing community. Just in case we were too optimistic, Gordon Cunningham (Letters, December 12) sought to put a damper on proceedings.

Sat, 27 Dec, 2014

Ireland is now stifled by liberal groupthink

It has long been the mantra of “modern/liberal” Ireland that in the past the state was over deferential to the Catholic Church. There undoubtedly was an element of truth to this to the detriment of both Church and State. However those times have long since passed.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2014

School prayer apt in a largely Christian republic

Paul Doran asks why prayers are still said in state schools, and he makes a claim for a secular society. The reason is that Ireland is a sovereign republic.

Mon, 08 Sep, 2014

Richard Dawkins follows Darwinian doctrine

Many people were rightly repulsed by Richard Dawkins primitive/less-than-enlightened views on the treatment of Down Syndrome infants. Having said that, in many ways Dawkins views are merely reflective of what emerges from a doctrinaire adherence to Darwinian theories. Not evolution, per se, but this particular deviant variant. Darwins adherents have always had a less than benign view of what their perverse ideology regards as lesser forms of life.

Tue, 02 Sep, 2014

Kenny confusion

Please permit me to clear up the confusion over the EU summit. Merkel stated, & “Ireland is a basket case”.

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

Unfair broadcasting attack on Congressman Paul Ryan

Like many people I had never heard of Congressman Paul Ryan until he was announced as Mitt Romney’s running mate.

Sat, 18 Aug, 2012

Child abuse: Let’s hear it from Enda and RTÉ

A year ago Enda Kenny stood up in the Dáil and made a grandstanding/demagogic speech lacerating the Catholic Church’s record in the area of child welfare.

Tue, 03 Jul, 2012

Goodwill gesture

RTE’s Joe Little reported that a few hundred people attended the recent We Are Church protest outside the residence of the Papal Nuncio in Dublin.

Wed, 02 May, 2012

Atheists seem to be hedging their bets

AS a believer (and recovering atheist), I am constantly bemused by the irrationalities/contradictions of my former comrades.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2011

Church celibacy rule for priests a sensible one

THE Catholic Church’s rule on celibacy for its priests is eminently sensible/reasonable, apart altogether from the profound spiritual rationale.

Sat, 08 Oct, 2011

Religious leaders we can be proud of

I HAVE long admired the great contribution of the many admirable women religious who have so enhanced the stature of the Catholic Church over the centuries.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2010

Leave us in peace

A HEARFELT plea from those of us loyal to Pope Benedict and Saint Patrick (“As you are Christians, so you shall be Romans”).

Wed, 18 Aug, 2010

In praise of Mullen

I’M sure I speak for many voters who feel Rónán Mullen has been a breath of fresh air in a political system virtually poisoned with cronyism, corruption and uncritical compliance.

Tue, 17 Aug, 2010

Labour leader’s ill-informed attack on the Pope

IN your editorial (June 28) you state it is a sign of the times for an Irish politician to attack the Pope. How right you are. The ignorant and ill-informed comments of Labour party leader Eamon Gilmore are perfectly in tune with the current wave of hysterical and equally ill-informed media attacks on Pope Benedict.

Fri, 02 Jul, 2010

Senator’s attack on Pope rules him out of race

THE Church of Ireland community has provided this country with two excellent presidents to date.

Fri, 07 May, 2010

Pope’s defenders offer a breath of fresh air

FOR most faithful Catholics, the Easter speeches in defence of Pope Benedict were a welcome breath of fresh air and not a moment too soon.

Thu, 08 Apr, 2010

Enemies of the church get their answer

AMID all the recent media-driven anti-Catholic hysteria, a couple of news items stood out in stark contrast.

Fri, 05 Mar, 2010

Give us a break

IF there is one thing remotely comparable to the episodes of abuse outlined in the Murphy report, it’s the unending litany of anti-Catholic bigotry subsequently emerging in much of the media commentary.

Sat, 19 Dec, 2009

No common ground on nature of child abuse

IN response to Andrew Lally (‘Sexual orientation has nothing to do with abuse of children’, Letters, June 22), firstly let me say that if he was bullied at school I would have been the first to defend him. I came across the type also and despise all bullies. But that is where the common ground between us ends.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2009

Columnist takes the moral high ground

YOUR esteemed columnist Fergus Finlay has taken Fr Vincent Twomey to task over his comments on the recent Ryan report.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2009

Anti-Catholic bigots jump on the bandwagon

I’M sure most of the outrage resulting from the Ryan report on institutional child abuse is genuine.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2009

Bishop’s critics should now look at themselves

THE recent baying from certain sections of the media for all kinds of action against Bishop John Magee of Cloyne and the church in general is in stark contrast with the strangely muted response to recent revelations of horrific neglect of vulnerable young people in State care.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2009

It’s time to end media love affair with Obama

AT last a voice of commonsense (Paul Doran, Letters, January 28).

Mon, 09 Feb, 2009

Media bias against Palin is beyond parody

IN his letter (September 23), James McGrath got it absolutely spot-on: the bigoted and biased treatment meted out to Sarah Palin by the Democratic Party and their illiberal media acolytes is beyond parody.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2008

Writers’ misery not shared by all of us

IT seems your columnist Diarmaid Ferriter (May 15) seeks to use the unfortunate experiences of writers Nuala O’Faoláin and John McGahern in effect to psychoanalyse the entire nation, and it appears the verdict is not particularly favourable to the rest of us.

Fri, 23 May, 2008