The chair of the Healthcare Chaplaincy Board has voiced concern following a new report from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), stating that over 8,000 patients were left waiting for a hospital bed in Ireland last month. Speaking to The Irish Catholic, Fr John Kelly described the crisis as a failure “across the whole healthcare…
Pope Leo will above all be a bridge-builder, the author of the first book about the new pontiff published in Ireland has predicted. In Christ We Are One: Pope Leo XIV at the Service of Humanity is by Michael Kelly [pictured above], a well-known Vatican expert, former editor of The Irish Catholic and current Director of Public Affairs…
Victims of domestic abuse are more inclined to come forward now, according to Detective Chief Superintendent Colm Noonan, who spoke at An Garda Síochána’s national day for domestic abuse awareness. He highlighted a significant increase in reporting rates in recent years, with over 65,000 domestic abuse-related contacts received in 2024 alone, around 1,250 reports every…
Lough Derg opened its 2025 pilgrimage season with 256 ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ taking part in the first Three Day Pilgrimage of the Jubilee Year, a 20% increase on last year. The famous pilgrimage, renowned for its spiritual intensity, involves fasting, going barefoot, night-long vigil, and continuous prayer — all in pursuit of reflection, renewal, and…
More than 370 complaints expressing concern over new Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) content were received by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office last year, according to a new report. SPHE includes sex education. The Ombudsman stated in its annual report that the complaints were part of a “campaign”. However, Laois-Offaly TD Carol Nolan told…
Senior representatives from RTÉ appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Communications last week, including the head of news and current affairs, Deirdre McCarthy, and Kevin Bakhurst, the Director General. Much of the time recently, RTÉ has found itself embroiled in controversies over expenses, or the amount of money paid to presenters, or presenters doing ‘nixers’,…
There’s glitter on the seats,” the woman in front of me observed, with a friendly smile. She was shuffling into the pew in front of me. “The first communion children!” We both smiled. The boys and girls of the parish had been at Mass for the sacrament the day before. It was not my parish.…
Each school’s characteristic spirit should be clearly articulated and the rights of parents as primary educators reinforced, Miriam Clune writes. Being a mother in today’s world is challenging, particularly when it comes to navigating the ever-evolving landscape of education. Parents are increasingly finding themselves on the periphery of discussions surrounding centralised school policies and curricula, with NGOs stepping…
I am as apprehensive of Artificial Intelligence as the next person, and the notion of robots governing so much of our lives is worrying. How many jobs will be lost when AI does everything from accountancy to keyhole surgery? Will authors and writers lose control of their own texts once AI can compose words as…
From the start, Liam Griffin brought a methodical and modern approach – he was far ahead of his time, writes Éanna Mackey Long before Liam Griffin led his county to glory in 1996, he was just a young boy standing at the window of his family home, staring out across the Irish Sea towards the…
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