One person’s heroic raparee is another’s uncivilised plunderer

The baby sister has a roundy birthday coming up, not that I can tell you about it

. . . ashes

Dorothy Parker was renowned for her caustic remarks

As I fell into the bog hole, my life flashed before me (it didn’t take long; I was seven)

Regulator calls on would-be donors to check fundraising organisations are registered and have a good track record

Church closures ‘had a very detrimental effect on income and collections’

Revolutionary Workers Union plans takeover of empty buildings to expose destitution

We indomitable Irish have a genius for bringing people down to size

Units in Dublin, Galway and Cork will specialise in adolescents and young adults

Ireland’s That’s Rich entry from Brooke Scullion of Derry was eliminated in that round

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo in Ireland for five years but has appointed 12 bishops

It is not always easy being green when communicating with the neighbours

International surrogacy committee given three-month timeline for recommendations

Former seminary in Drumcondra selling contents in aid of Ukrainian refugees

The beloved month is much celebrated, including by Christy Moore in song

Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today

Bishop Michael Duignan says ‘much of what church has built crumbling before our eyes’

Dublin council chief warns against merger of councils under directly elected mayor

Humankind lived for millenniums without the phone – I have to remind myself

Calls for cause of blaze near Lough Corrib to be investigated by gardaí

At school ‘the children adored her and her way of teaching’, her funeral heard

Press interest ‘undoubtedly’ contributes to student stress, exam commission chief says

Experts find that children ‘mind wandering’ 25% of the time and could not avoid tendency

Plans to turn city centre church into support centre for refugees from the war

Msgr John Kennedy will examine clerical child abuse allegations after shake-up

A story about Brendan Behan’s lighthouse painting days is amusing enough to be true

Russia’s ‘atrocious’ war has altered energy landscape fundamentally, German official says

Increase of €27 a week necessary to protect vulnerable, says Social Justice Ireland

‘Could not have been achieved without the vision and courage of the religious congregations’

Trócaire appeals for return of over 700,000 boxes as Lenten campaign ends

President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Micheál Martin among attendees

In turbulent times it is necessary to remember that hope is the greatest virtue

Advises parishes ‘to be courageous in moving beyond ways that no longer work in the Ireland of today’

Archbishop says 30-40 religious congregations are offering rooms including former retreat centres

All 3,600 dead of Northern Ireland conflict to be remembered at Good Friday service

Roscommon County Fleadh last held in 2019 due to Covid 19

Walk and concert in at St Patrick’s Cathedral to express solidarity with Ukrainians

Three-storey, eight-classroom school possibly to be developed for Gaelscoil Laighean

Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and store manager Oleksandr Zavhorodniy died last month

Religious communities offer rooms in convents and retreat centres to those fleeing

Number is around 12% of 24,411 pledges made through the Irish Red Cross to date

Michael Lyons helped in remarkable rescue after attacks on World Trade Center

Operator to present plans to remove bottlenecks after Dáil committee’s visit to airport

Leftover vaccines administered to 16 family members of staff ahead of priority groups

It was the 1980s and we pirate broadcasters wanted to free Ireland’s regional accents

Spring into summer as clocks go forward an hour

Attendences at Mass are back up again, say priests, but congregations are still anxious

....gratitude

When ordering a round, I rediscovered I was dealing with the rudest bar staff in Ireland

‘We are actively funding and supplying equipment to the Ukrainian military’

Special collection will be taken up at all Masses in Ireland for the people of Ukraine

Bishops and department favour reconfiguration process as project met with local resistance

Archbishops call on Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, friend of Putin, to help bring war to an end

Titus Brandsma arrested by the Gestapo and taken to Dachau where he was killed six months later, aged 61

Amid rising costs and input availability issues, farmers sceptical about potential move

Irish people like it to be known that we are not overly impressed by fame

Situation an ‘abuse of power’ motivated by ‘the desire to control and dominate’

Some €32m in awards of €11,000-€100,000 made to more than 800 survivors to date

I must address a matter hitherto never spoken of before by men

Former world champion says inclusive sport ‘particularly good at attracting minority communities’

Applies to those who do not have a religion, or who no longer practise, says HAI

Kerry Babies Tribunal ‘an aggressive and toxic inquisition’ by a judge then promoted

Order controversially closed St Mary’s and Caritas care centres in 2020

With his death Ireland lost ‘one of its most original and important theologians’

HSE urges parents with concerns to turn to ‘trusted sources’ for information

...aspire. Patsy McGarry

Archdiocese asks council to rezone several parish sites to address housing needs

Lengthy meeting hears of threats being made to councillors and city chief executive

Have ‘responsibility for acting fairly and in consideration of the needs of others’

This modest month rewards us every four years with an extra day for leaping about

Bishop Michael Duignan will administer two dioceses, including Clonfert in east Galway

Remains of Michael Whiston (76) found in house by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council workers

RTÉ programme finds major increase in incidents last year due to pandemic

‘Another fantastic Irish sportswoman leading the way internationally,’ says President

. . . barista

Network wants investigation to ‘determine global extent of cover-ups of clerical abuse’

‘Lack of understanding of faith and culture gives rise to fear,’ Gilliland tells forum

Agency notes ‘satisfactory response’ after urgent compliance plan issued in area

Recent revelations show ‘catastrophic failure of oversight, supervision and accountability’

The 48-year-old died of injuries two weeks after being attacked in city centre in 2021

Care4Clergy set up due to lack of opportunity to speak in confidential settings

Implications of judges’s decisions can have far-reaching consequences for those involved

It is probably the most famous unread book in history

The former pope excoriated Irish bishops for their handling of abuse allegations

All monies raised go direct to city charities, including those dealing with homelessness

‘Deep cultural change is necessary’ to address violence against women, says President

With St Brigid’s Day to become a bank holiday from next year, it might help make January 2023, and thereafter, go away faster

Issues he spoke of now discussed freely right around the Church with no fear of sanctions

Bishop challenged with having ‘completely distorted’ minutes of a meeting

Minister had previously refused due to ongoing legal proceedings

Priest abused boys at Belvedere in Dublin, Clongowes and Crescent College Limerick

‘Young lads come in here and they really do open-up and talk to us’, says barber

It’s the end of the world as we know it – but then, it always has been

Church of Ireland research finds 46% of clergy agree it provides good support for their mental health

‘I couldn’t use the word Alzheimer’s for months, I hadn’t a clue what was going on’

‘We are now a pluralist country with Catholic laws that we are gradually dismantling’

Francis Duffy installed as Archbishop of Tuam in reduced ceremony