Comments on the margin By the books editor The other week, in a review of Bill Manley’s insightful book on the world’s most ancient book, recording the moral maxims of the ancient Egyptian sage Ptahhapt from about 2,400BC, I remarked that it set off in my mind a train of thought, but I postponed writing…
Students from Dublin and Limerick scooped the top prizes on Monday as part of the 2023 Trócaire Game Changers and Right Focus competition. Trócaire Game Changers is an annual competition that invites students to create a development education game that focuses on one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students played and…
Staff at the country’s largest Catholic university Mary Immaculate College in Limerick say they feel “very much in the dark” over a dialogue that could see the institution further aligned with the secular University of Limerick (UL). Fears have been expressed in the past that any move on the future of the college could dilute…
Crisis pregnancy organisation Gianna Care has welcomed the Government’s “baby bundle” pilot scheme, but added that they could be doing “a lot more” to support women facing crisis pregnancies. The “baby bundle” pilot scheme includes toys to encourage early communication and a range of items to support new parents after the birth of their child.…
A Catholic schools’ body has promised “substantial” resources for sexual education in secondary schools, as the Minister for Education has signed off on the specifications for a controversial new curriculum. Parents have expressed concerns over the new relationship and sexual education (RSE) curriculum over fears that it will promote teachings around sexuality and gender identity…
The protest that has broken out in Inch, Co. Clare over the housing of at least 30 asylum seekers in a former hotel and restaurant is the result of “missing” consultation with residents, a local priest has said. Monday evening saw 34 asylum seekers arrive by bus at Magowna House, after which 50 local people…
Columnist with The Irish Catholic David Quinn says he is relieved that a Limerick woman who seriously defamed him on social media has apologised and the case is now concluded. The issue arose last May during the controversy over the Religious Sisters of Charity and the proposed relocation of the National Maternity Hospital. Karen Sugrue,…
A year to the week since their statue of Our Lady was shattered in a “mindless act of vandalism,” Springfield parish in Tallaght, Co. Dublin has seen the same statue of Mary decapitated this week. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr Bill O’Shaughnessy said that it’s “just extraordinary” that it’s “been a year to…
When the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni met Pope Francis, commentators expected a clash of views. Ms Meloni’s right-wing party is strongly committed to halting excessive immigration to Italy, while the Pope has always emphasised the Gospel directive to welcome the stranger. And since his parents were immigrants to Argentina, perhaps he also identifies with…
Irish music legend Dana Rosemary Scallan – who has just recorded a new song for St Patrick – has opened up about her own lack of faith as a teenager, before she found God. Ireland’s first Eurovision winner and co-creator of the hymn, Our Lady of Knock admitted in podcast Off Grid Christianity she did…
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