Staff Reporter The works of a Ukrainian iconographer depicting images of “Christ under the fire of rockets” have gone on display in a Dublin church. Artist Ulyana Krekhovet’s iconographical works reflect on the staggering scenes she saw in Lviv as the war in Ukraine broke out. “It was important for me to show ichnographically everything…
The loneliness of prisoners can become particularly acute at Christmas, but a Samaritans’ scheme aims to help, writes Chai Brady Christmas day is quiet in prisons as workshops and other activities are halted. Making a phone or video call home is a possibility but it is not the same as being physically close, sharing Christmas…
David Goodwin tells Ruadhán Jones what it’s like to be a Catholic ice hockey player There’s a stereotype about ice hockey that it’s a physically demanding game and occasionally violent. “I would say the stereotype is accurate,” David Goodwin tells me. He adds the caveat that it’s not much more so than Gaelic football. All…
Dear Editor, I have been watching the World Cup, I dare say. Whenever the time comes around every four years, I become quite invested. It is a time when the world’s best footballers come together and millions of people from multiple nations get behind their country’s finest sportsmen. Admittedly it was a terrible decision by…
The Sunday Gospel Children are counting down the days. Only 10 more days till Christmas. I am really taken by the television commercial where the little boy keeps asking “Will he really come?” Of course, we think that it refers to Santa Claus. But no, it is Grandad. “I knew you would come.” It’s a story of expectation and joy,…
Vatican holds thermal shirt drive for Ukraine The Vatican’s charity office is holding a drive to collect thermal shirts for people in Ukraine as they face an energy emergency amid the war. Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Pope’s almoner, said December 5 that the charity office of the Vatican is “already stocking up” on thermal shirts…
Pick of the Season Cliff at Christmas BBC Two, Saturday December 17, 9.35pm Cliff Richard is joined by special guests for this festive TV show from Hackney Church in London. The multi-award winning artist performs some of his Christmas classics. A Christmas History of Sacred Music BBC 4, Saturday (night) December 17, 1.50am and Tuesday…
Selected by the book’s editor The Granite Coast: Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove and Dalkey by Peter Pearson (The O’Brien Press, €35.00) Explore Dún Laoghaire and its coastal surroundings as Peter Pearson reveals the story behind its transformation from rocky granite shoreline to grand Victorian ‘watering place’, to the bustling town it is now. With over 250…
2022 has been dominated by the dreadful war in Ukraine. Russia and its leaders have isolated themselves in the eyes of the world. As this year draws to a close, I want to share a true story from that part of the world which both highlights a painful reality and also captures something beautiful from…
One in 23 will need humanitarian assistance in 2023 One person in every 23, a total of 339 million people globally, will require some form of assistance in 2023, Irish charity Concern Worldwide have warned. The last year has been “devastating” for vulnerable and poorer communities around the world, with a 24% increase in the…
Chai Brady
Ruadhán Jones
Brendan O’Regan
Peter Costello