Aubrey MaloneA drunken revelation at a wedding threatens to ruin the lives of two families in this engrossing Australian drama which contains all the big themes: betrayal, loss, infidelity, subterfuge, death. Christian (Paul Schneider) is coming home from America to the logging town in New South Wales where he grew up. He’s there to attend the…
Month: May 2016
Deceptive adaptions are such a turn-off
Peter CostelloWorld of Books
Dad’s Diary
“I’m busy.” I used to think I knew what that phrase meant. As a child, it meant “I’m playing with Lego”. As a teenager, it meant, “I’m watching TV”. Now, with three small children, and a busy work life, I think I have finally learned the true meaning of those words. From 6am most mornings,…
Mass can be unnecessarily hard to find
Courtney McGrail“Ireland – particularly Dublin – is becoming a cold house for Catholics”, writes Kieron Wood
No punches pulled in this reflection on Irish Catholicism and the Fifth Commandment
Violence, Politics and Catholicism in Ireland by Oliver P. Rafferty SJ (Four Courts Press, €45)
How to feed a ballooning world population
William RevilleScience of Life
No ‘cutting edge’ to new panel show
I found it hard to work up any enthusiasm for Brendan O’Connor’s new panel discussion show, writes Brendan O’Regan
Ireland’s holy places of pilgrimage
Wells, Graves and Statues: Exploring the Heritage and Culture of Pilgrimage in Medieval and Modern Cork City by Louise Nugent and Richard Scriven (Create Space Independent Publishing, €13.50)
Nuncio blesses Sligo learning centre
Dave Feeney from Summerhill College, Sligo, presenting the papal nuncio, Archbishop Charles Brown, with a picture of the ancient monastic settlement of Innishmurry, taken by past pupil Ciaran McHugh, at the blessing of the Bishop Christopher Jones Learning Centre, a new art extension for students with autism. Photo: Karl Brennan
Learning to be leaders
Arooja Hussai, Katie Feeney and Jennifer Moran report on their experience of the CEIST Student Leadership Conference