Refusal to do the right thing is an act of cowardice

Discrimination against elders in Ireland is alive and well

Bishop of Limerick says HSE advice to defer ceremonies came as a surprise given recent press coverage regarding low levels of Covid-19 cases in mid west 

We expect young people to go back to work, serving the masses, not knowing who’s vaccinated but knowing for a fact that they will be last on list

The hospital is to be located on the private grounds of St Vincent's Hospital and will be run by a new body.

Religion teachers fear students who are practising Catholics are being targeted for bullying more than those who do not practise a religion, Dáil committee told

A revision of the Code of Canon Law proposes changes to the language and handling of the crime of sex abuse. If the culture in the Vatican remains the same, however, then inevitably there will be further frustration

Third-level place abroad will have to be deferred

The argument between evolutionists and creationists is especially prominent in America, but Edwin Poots’ leadership of the DUP has brought it into focus here, writes TP O'Mahony

During the debate, the Dáil heard repeated calls from the State to ensure the new National Maternity Hospital would be free of Catholic influence when it opens.

Our contributors are concerned about driving test waiting times; lack of respect for the Sabbath; Scotland and a border poll, and a tribute to Fr Padraig Ó Saoraí

Leo Varadkar says Government explicit on the issue, following 'Irish Examiner' report that programme developed by Irish Bishops Conference describes how sex is 'gift from God'

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) will this week advise on the use of the J&Js vaccine. With a similar risk profile to AstraZeneca’s vaccine, they may recommend limiting use to the over 60s.

Catholic leader seeks meeting with minister on regulation introduced in 'a clandestine manner without notice or consultation'

Michael Healy-Rae and his fellow rural Independents have called for the re-opening places of worship in time for Easter. 

Government needs to step up and show leadership in education

Wedding stipends have disappeared, collections have dwindled and incomes have fallen by up to 50% across the diocese of Kerry.

The Co. Galway-based businessman claims, as a result of the restrictions, he cannot leave his home to attend Mass.

The news that the Government is to introduce quarantining and impose further travel restrictions may well have merits from an epidemiological viewpoint. However, it should be clearly noted that only a very small number of cases emanate from travel.

Travel restrictions being ignored, vaccination programme too slow, it's time for firm borders, says one of our letter-writers, Dr Florence Craven

Religious instruction and worship should be moved outside core hours on an opt-in basis in all schools

In the second part of a two-day special report, Joyce Fegan asks six people about changing or losing their faith

The former resident of Bessborough House claims she was subjected to physical and emotional abuse and her baby girl was allegedly wrongfully adopted.

A spokesperson for the HSE said it is considering the options when it comes to mass vaccination centres.

Government should stop virtue signalling and accept the reality of the situation

One issue that needs to be highlighted in the context of mother and baby homes is the question of fatherhood.

Taoiseach expresses 'deep concerns' babies may be buried on site

Treated as disposable in both life and death, these children deserve an identity

Bon Secours Sisters issue apology in aftermath of Commission report

The publication of the final report Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes shines a light into a dark corner of 20th-century Ireland.

Mother and baby homes were supposed to provide refuge but the women, some of whom were victims of rape, were treated like dangerous wild animals

Report finds 'little evidence' of mothers trying to reclaim their children as they were 'silent partners' in adoption process

Anger and dismay over details of report being leaked, including a finding that around 9,000 of the 60,000 children born in the homes died

Today, the Commission of Investigation has found that 56,000 unmarried mothers, some as young as 12, passed through, Ireland's mother and baby homes.

I’m writing because I received a letter from the HSE on Saturday, December 19. It is a letter looking to review my medical card. I’m a lone parent of two children, a full-time carer to one of them who is home from school since early March last year.

The predictable, if not unanticipated, furore over a satirical clip broadcast by RTÉ on New Year’s Eve highlighted the old, almost irresolvable issues around freedom of speech.

So here we are at the start of a new year and the Government are now asking us all to rigidly adhere to Nphet’s public health advice — to stay at home and to minimise our contacts in compliance with level 5 Covid-19 restrictions.

Pope Francis celebrated his 84th birthday recently. While some very good things have happened on his watch, we should register some failings, writes TP O’Mahony

Businessman Declan Ganley has gone to the High Court court because he claims the level 5 Covid-19 restrictions prevent him going to Mass.

Polarisation, political, material, or philosophical, is one of the defining characteristics of our time. The evidence is all around us.

A Redemptorist priest who has been suspended from active ministry for the past eight years has described comments by a senior Vatican Cardinal as "like Trump" amid a deepening row over potential reforms in the Catholic Church.

When historian Francis Fukuyama posited his theory of the 'end of history', he couldn't have imagined the question  being 'the end of religion', writes TP O’Mahony

The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim ...

Three people who were protesting outside a Muslim event at Croke Park have been arrested. Two women aged in their 20s and 40s, and one man in his 30s, were arrested for public order offences.