Great leaps forward – An Irishman’s Diary about our supposed national talent for long-jumping

Churches, such as that in Bohola, are a salute to heroic phase of modern Irish Catholicism

Indomitable spirit of Catholic Irishry obvious in church-building wherever green was worn

Sochi athletes could use platform to strike blow against demagogue

Western governments have cocked symbolic snoots at Vladimir Putin’s laws against freedom of speech and impact of anti-gay legislation