Running is a mostly cheap, easy way to get into shape quickly, writes Jason Osborne Watching our weight was the topic of last week’s article, and what better way to do that than (with a few caveats) running? Should I be running? The aforementioned caveats include if you’re recovering from injury or serious illness of…
Ireland’s ‘next Enya’ tells Ruadhán Jones how her faith and music have always been intertwined “I’m a true believer that God can accelerate our plans quicker than we can possibly imagine through prayer. He has raised my expectation of what he can do through me and my music,” says Victoria Johnston. She is as well…
The Dead of the Irish Revolution by Eunan O’Halpin and Daithí Ó Corráin (Yale University Press, £50.00 /$65.00) Felix M. Larkin The stated objective of this book is to answer “an elementary question: how many people died as a result of Irish-related political violence between 1916 and 1921?” It does that, and much more. It puts…
Loreto College Crumlin are turning an acre of unused land into a “pocket forest” and biodiversity meadow with the help of staff, students and the local Loreto Sisters. The girl’s secondary school decided to start the biodiversity project last year to utilise a plot of unused land, deputy principal Matt Whelan told The Irish Catholic.…
Catholic bishops said the Covid-19 pandemic is exacerbating an already grave imbalance in living conditions and opportunities, alongside an “unbridled race to exploit hydrocarbons” in its parks and nature reserves. “We are concerned about a degradation of the political discourse that threatens a collapse in the national unity, reconciliation, justice and peace, which have been…
Amid the rubble and bombed out remains of four churches destroyed by Islamic State militants, Pope Francis paid tribute to Iraqi Christians who endured persecution and even death. But visiting Mosul and Qaraqosh in northern Iraq on Sunday, he also urged the Christians to live up to their faith and honour the sacrifice of those…
Letter from Rome A n unusual sex abuse trial currently underway in the Vatican took a potentially explosive turn Wednesday, February 24 and the response may have a great deal to say about how serious the reforms launched by Pope Francis actually are. Three witnesses testified that Italian Cardinal Angelo Comastri, who was relieved of his…
The move to allow homeless people from outside Dublin access to hostels has been welcomed by Fr Peter McVerry, who said it’ll “make a big difference” to those on the capital’s streets who come from outside Dublin. This comes in the wake of the RTÉ Investigates which revealed that homeless people in the capital were…
Thomas MacGreevy and the Rise of the Irish Avant Garde by Francis Hutton-Williams (Cork University Press, €39.00) I have long thought highly of Thomas MacGreevy, who managed to be both a Catholic poet, a Parisian friend of James Joyce, an apostle of modernism in Ireland – indeed in Europe – as well as head of our…
Preliminary reports of four stillbirths linked to Covid should inspire precaution, but not panic, leading obstetrician Dr Trevor Hayes has advised. “Pregnant women should be cautious – washing their hands, wearing a mask, decreasing their exposure to the virus,” Dr Hayes said, but was quick to add that “the vast majority of women have healthy…
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