The wife of a former Taoiseach has urged voters to retain the Eighth Amendment in light of the “breath-taking” Government proposals which will put the lives of unborn babies in jeopardy. Speaking at the Iona Institute on April 10, Finola Bruton said that repealing the constitutional provision will effectively introduce a liberal abortion regime into…
After months of investigation, Vatican police have arrested a former staff member at the Vatican nunciature in Washington on charges related to the possession and distribution of images of child abuse. The Vatican said that Msgr Carlo Alberto Capella was taken into custody by the Vatican gendarmes at the request of Vatican City State’s promoter…
Forest fun for the whole family Whether your passionate about birds, squirrels and all things nature, or just want to find out a little more about wildlife, then attending the family fun box building event in Cushendun with Biodiversity Office Rachel Bain, and Glens Red Squirrel Group will the perfect opportunity for you! Taking place…
Churchill & Ireland by Paul Bew (Oxford: Oxford University Press) £9.99pb Ian d’Alton One of the problems that an historian faces is the asymmetric. In the case of Britain and Ireland, that is particularly acute. The Irish see Britain through the telescope the right way round. It looms large in our consciousness. Most Britons, though, look…
An only child, my seven-year-old daughter is already acting like a teenager, losing her temper over the smallest thing, shouting at me, banging doors and telling me she hates me. Her emotions are out of control and my husband and I don’t know how to help her. It is likely that a combination of…
The World of Books by the books editor A bout in bed with one of those picked-up bugs that linger on, has allowed me to read some books that I ought to have read, or reread, ages ago. I can leave the rereads for now, for one the reads was extraordinarily interesting and revealing. This…
Pat O’Kelly Hopefully Friday, April 13, 2018 will prove an auspicious date for Irish National Opera when the curtain rises on its inaugural production – Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. The première’s venue is fittingly Wexford’s National Opera House after which the company moves to Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre where the enchanting piece has performances…
I have long been fascinated by islands. I remember, as a boy, taking my father’s small boat out to unpopulated islands off West Cork. I would step ashore like Robinson Crusoe on to a perfect, silent beach. There was always a profound serenity on these little islands, the troubles of the world were at a remove.…
Religious programmes are pretty scarce on Channel 4, so when one pops up on a prime time slot you tend to take notice. Jesus’ Female Disciples: The New Evidence last Sunday night, was rather full of its own importance with claims of rewriting early Christian history, of “explosive” new evidence, “overturning centuries of Christian thought”,…
Canon Kieran Waldron, diocesan archivist of Tuam Archdiocese, President Michael D. Higgins and Bishop Fintan Monahan celebrate Mr Higgin’s decision to grant a presidential pardon for Maolra Seoighe who was unjustly convicted and hanged in 1882 in connection with the Mám Trasna murders that occurred earlier that year.
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