Mags GarganIt has been suggested that anti-anxiety medications are being too widely prescribed and too often used in Ireland, writes Mags Gargan
Month: March 2015
Organist described as ‘pillar of strength’ for Derry parish
Courtney McGrailMary O’Donnell meets the driving force of a parish choir
Dad’s Diary
A magical sweet shop looms large in my childhood memory, stacked to the rafters with every imaginable confectionary delight. I returned to it recently with my own kids to introduce them to this earthly paradise, and was astonished to see that the shop also sold vegetables, washing-up liquid and other ordinary household items. Somehow, as…
An edible bonnet for Easter Sunday dessert
Erin FoxSweet Treats with Erin Fox
Building leaders for tomorrow
Eimear Kiely describes her experience of a youth leadership programme in Limerick
A loss of focus as ‘fun’ replaces thrill for the cheap shots
Aubrey MaloneFocus (15A)
A good range of faith topics from RTÉ
TV and Radio with Brendan O’Regan
Congregations voting with their feet?
Recently, I was struck in a fresh way by a stale cliché. I heard someone opining that Massgoers are “voting with their feet” and, although I had heard those words many times before, on this occasion I was practically knocked off my own feet by the superficiality of the expression. The issues facing the Church…
Our mission to the poorest of the poor
Aengus Finucane: In the Heart of Concern by Deirdre Purcell (New Island hb, €24.99)
What to expect from Cameron
Cameron’s Coup: How the Tories took Britain to the Brink by Polly Toynbee and David Walker (Guardian Books with Faber and Faber, £9.99)