Mags GarganMinister proposing to change law to permit abortion in cases where unborn child will only live for a short time after birth
Month: January 2015
The ever-present Irish sneer
Cathal Barry‘There’s too often a lazy, knee-jerk prejudice in the media against fee-paying schools’, writes Cathal Barry
Altruism wasn’t always a money-spinner for Ireland
Peter CostelloThere was little generosity in the early days of the Irish Free State
Seeking a new basic theology
Courtney McGrailRethinking Fundamental Theology by Gerald O’Collins, SJ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, £18.99 paperback; also available in hardback, £37.99).
Ireland’s very troubled relations with the Vatican during the post-war years
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: Vol. IX 1948-1951 ed. by Catriona Crowe, Ronan Fanning and Michael Kennedy (Royal Irish Academy, €50.00)
Out with the old and in with the new
Brendan O’Regan‘New Year’s Day saw the launch of the UTV Ireland channel and I thought it was rather low key… Maybe they didn’t want to raise expectations too high’, writes Brendan O’Regan
Turning the brothers grimm on their heads
Aubrey MaloneFairytales begin with ‘Once upon a time’ and end with ‘And they all lived happily ever after.’ Right? Wrong. I mentioned this film last week in my preview of the January releases. I’ve now seen it and can confirm it’s going to be one of the most talked-about movies of 2015, not that it will be everyone’s cup…
Building confidence peer to peer
Sarah Langan describes the work of the Meitheal youth peer ministry programme
Try this healthy post-Christmas snack
Erin FoxErin Fox offers a way to use up the piles of oranges around the house after Christmas
Last year saw increase in pastoral workers killed
Last year saw an increase in the number of Church personnel killed in the service of their community. According to Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, 26 pastoral workers were killed in 2014 – three more than in the previous year. The agency’s annual report states that 17 priests,…