Last week, something extraordinary happened at a place almost none of us had ever heard of before: 60,000 Moroccans, overwhelmingly young men, made the relatively short swim along the shoreline to somewhere called Ceuta, a small Spanish ‘exclave’ along the North African coastline. Ceuta is a small town with 84,000 inhabitants. They witnessed tens of…
Jeff Cavins has a gift for communicating the Good News – with wit, insight and a boldness that cuts to the chase and the heart. More than a decade on, I still remember his refreshing talk at a Faith and Life convention in Belfast. The leading American evangelist, and biblical scholar, was addressing an audience…
The Irish Dominicans: 800 Years, 1224–2024 traces a history of preaching and scholarship through centuries of suppression, martyrdom, decline and remarkable revival. Its author, Fr Terence Crotty OP, initially thought the book might take him about two weeks. The 800th anniversary of the Order’s arrival in Ireland was approaching, and it had been suggested that…
75 years of pain, hurt and disappointment all came to an end for Mayo on Sunday, July 26, as the apparent curse on my home county was finally put to bed with a confident, assured and almost comprehensive win against the Kingdom in Croke Park. For 75 years Mayo failed to get over the line,…
I was at Mass recently and the Gospel reading was from St John—the passage where Christ says: “Take courage; I have conquered the world.” As is the norm, the priest gave a homily afterwards, explaining how the Gospel can be applied “in real life”. He explained that none of us escapes life’s challenges or trials.…
I am young enough to remember the Ireland of my childhood. I am one of Bertie’s babies, born just before the turn of the millennium, raised in the long glow of the Celtic Tiger’s era of greed and excess. My earliest memories are of cranes on the skyline and a country that seemed to be…
Artificial Intelligence – the technology has revolutionised our modern day. A system that has impacted every generation yet left different people of different ages with different perspectives. For three of us Generation Z Intern Reporters at The Irish Catholic, AI has granted us feelings of disarray, contempt and an overarching sense of unease. As we…
Before the next Dáil vote on the three-day wait, TDs must hear from the women whose experiences have been pushed to the margins, *** There comes a point when politicians can no longer pretend not to see what is happening in front of them. Ireland has now recorded more than 65,000 abortions since…
Gana, a refugee from Kharkiv—one of the Ukrainian cities hardest hit by Russian attacks—found safety in Ireland not only from the war, but also from her abusive husband. Now she fears she and her five-year-old daughter, who has autism, could be left without a home. Gana is deeply concerned by the Irish Government’s plans to…
Ireland is changing at an unparalleled rate. Our position as a globalised economic hub on the edge of the European Union, bridging the gap between the trading bloc and the United States, combined with our highly educated workforce, has placed the country at the centre of international investment and opportunity. Government policy increasingly reflects the…
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