In a time filled with doubt and unanswered questions, Fr Darren Brennan of St Paul’s Parish in Belfast is offering up his time to provide a unique perspective on any problems and questions that Catholics may have. The ‘Ask A Priest’ event, taking place on Monday, September 6 at St Paul’s Parish Centre, will be…
The Irish Dominican Friars invited men aged 18 and above to join them for the Jubilee Camino Men’s Walk on September 13. Two priests, two brothers, and 40 men took part, walking 20 kilometres from a Dominican Abbey ruin in Carlingford to St Catherine’s Dominican Church in Newry. One pilgrim who took part described it…
The John Main Seminar 2025 comes to Balally Parish, uniting contemplation and service For more see the website here. From November 6-9, 2025, Balally Parish will host the John Main Seminar under the theme “Integral Christianity: The Vision of Celtic Christianity for the Crisis of the 21st Century.” The annual seminar is the most…
Last week, a very unusual package, no, ‘unusual’ is not the word, a sinister and menacing package arrived by post at the office of the Iona Institute in Dublin city centre. It looked innocent enough, but upon opening it, some kind of white powder poured out on my desk, hands and floor. I guessed immediately…
“Surely the answer to loneliness or fear of being a burden, or of pain is not death?” says Baroness Nuala O’Loan, warning of the proposals to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales. Writing in The Irish Catholic, she described the proposals as “profoundly dangerous and flawed,” with recent polling and parliamentary debates suggesting that…
Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy, recently talked about the vast increase in threats to politicians. This includes intimidation to the extent that the police advised one politician to avoid venturing into the city centre and instead to stay in the environs of Leinster House. Ms Murphy also talked about fake profiles being set up online purely…
The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have remained silent following the delivery of a letter bomb to leading Irish journalist David Quinn, who is also director of the Iona Institute. Merrion Square was partially closed as Gardaí and the bomb squad attended the scene last week. The silence of politicans stands in stark contrast to the strong…
‘The gloves are off’ writes Senator Ronan Mullen with a government that refuses to ever acknowledge concerns or admit mistakes …leaves very little room for trust Over 2.5 million viewers on X heard Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty reassure fellow chat show host Jimmy Kimmel that “this is Ireland and you can say whatever the…
We’re killing the unborn, the elderly with few controls It is very hard to work out what the UK or Ireland’s values are now. Once Ireland was described as the land of saints and scholars, once there was a fundamental acceptance that human life was to be preserved and protected, save in the execution…
Today marks the release of the initial set of excerpts from Pope Leo XIV’s first-ever sit-down interview with a journalist, which comes in the form of the landmark new book León XIV: ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI, meaning “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” released by Penguin Peru…
David Quinn
Breda O'Brien
Senator Ronan Mullen
Nuala O’Loan
John L. Allen Jr.