Some 600 people drawn from the 68 parishes in the diocese will attend two meetings about more lay involvement in the church.

Why are we not facing up to the incontrovertible fact that the policy of privatisation as practiced by this government continues to be detrimental to the wellbeing, health, and wealth of our nation?This Government has demonstrated beyond doubt that ...

Bishop Fintan Gavin will announce details of plans to breathe new life and energy into the near century-old public religious ceremony

She was opinionated, strong-willed, polarising and self-assured. She was a businesswoman with a gift for raising money. She was a fierce advocate for social justice and regularly criticised 19th-century landlords.

This big bold brave step is to dig out, dust down, update and implement the 1973 Kenny Report on the regulation of the cost of building land for housing.

I haven’t been back there for a while, years actually. But I’ve been reading about it constantly, listening to stuff about it, taking what I thought was a keen interest.

Regarding the URC semi-final between Leinster and Munster, I was disappointed to learn there was a remarkable difference in ticket prices for both sets of supporters to attend the same match.

It is easy to see the Church as a callous entity that continues to prioritise self-preservation over atonement but people are nuanced and multifaceted

Pope Francis could call on the faithful to reduce consumption as part of the radical response to global warming he proposes

FOR those of a certain faith today, Holy Saturday, is a poignant and reflective day. Jesus, having died on the cross on Good Friday, was laid in a tomb. Holy Saturday focuses the mind on death and the fragility of life.

The deputy principal of Wilson’s Hospital School has said a key concern from the board of management when placing Enoch Burke on administrative leave was “what form” his “next protest” might take.

No interest can now be served to try to charge somebody new, after all these years

Punching down on the far less powerful in our society, does nothing to hold those with actual legislative power to account

Mount Keefe Chalice

As Ramadan begins, Avi Kumar explores how a devout Catholic boy from a staunchly Republican Cork family, once destined for the priesthood, became an Imam in the West of Ireland

Schools and communities around Cork City unite to express sorrow at the passing of the much-loved priest

It’s difficult to recall any family in recent memory that has received the oxygen of so much publicity

In its judgment, the three-judge Court of Appeal said: "Contrary to Mr Burke’s contentions the safety, health and welfare of the individual student is of central importance in this case."

Bishop O’Connell will be laid to rest on Friday in a crypt in the Cathedral of Los Angeles

In the wake of his violent death, Ann Murphy talks to those who will remember Bishop David O’Connell for his work with the vulnerable and his ‘commitment to justice’

In the hours and days after a major humanitarian emergency, speed is critical.

A long-time friend of a Cork-born bishop shot dead in Los Angeles has spoken of his "shock and devastation" at the violent passing of the 69-year-old.

The Government has moved a step closer to banning conversion therapy after a study from Trinity College called the practice "traumatising", "destructive", "anxiety-provoking", "horrendous", "harmful" and "damaging".

Lenny Abrahamson will be the special guest at a special evening in the Cork Arts Theatre on Sunday

Parishioners at Sunday mass were told the Sisters 'regrettably' no longer had the numbers to maintain a presence.

Every democracy requires a contest of ideas. Every society will have different opinions on aspects of culture that should be vigorously debated.  None of that, however, requires a stoking of divisions.

It can be hard to avoid the sense a golden age has slipped away

While we reserved podium position for Patrick all these years, Brigid didn’t even make it to qualifying. But that’s more to do with patriarchy than meritocracy

St Brigid's Day

A group dressed in all white, known as the Kilgobnet Biddies, spend four nights calling into people’s homes to sing and dance in honour of St Brigid

Mr Burke, who was dismissed from his position at the school last Friday, has until 2pm this afternoon to purge his contempt of court

We had a bit of a dilemma when our firstborn arrived: Do we get him baptised? I have no religion and my wife has less.

Wilson's Hospital school has asked the court to consider either sequestering or removing Mr Burke's assets, or fining him

Fr Mossie Brick expressed his delight that the venerated relic of the Italian saint will be the focus of devotions in Castleisland

The Irish hierarchy’s pastoral letter of 1922 forbidding republicans from receiving the sacraments showed a partisanship not appreciated by Rome, writes Gabriel Doherty

He was an ambulance driver and International Brigades volunteer from Co Tipperary.

The lasting legacy of the late Pope Benedict XVI was not just his resignation as Pope in 2013 but the influence he exerted over the direction of the Catholic Church for 22 years from being head of the supremely powerful Vatican Congregation for the ...

There is a culture in which some parents, teachers, school leaders, and institutions act as role models for exclusion — to have truly inclusive schools we need to change that

Cardinals are already considering a successor to Pope Francis — and the conservatives may aspire to someone more traditional

A global synod initiated by Pope Francis has revealed an across-the-board desire for reform in a variety of Catholic cultures

A Declaration of Human Responsibilities was published in 1997, but the UN has never adopted it

The year’s end brings with it time for reflection on some decent reads undertaken during the last twelve months.

I love a game that makes 9-year-olds giggle. Mikey is 9, and he introduced us to a card game on Christmas night called Kids Against Maturity.

What about the childer’? So went the cry of faux outrage a few weeks ago when it was announced that the crib in Dublin’s Mansion House would be without live animals.