The National Director of Aid to the Church in Need Ireland Mr Harry Casey has said that people of faith “have been almost bullied into silence” and suffer a form of persecution for their faith. Speaking at the launch of ACN’s Religious Freedom in the World Report 2025 in Dublin Mr Casey said “That in…
A ‘Structured Dialogue’ meeting took place in September between faith leaders and the Government The Irish Catholic has learned. The Catholic Church has been pressing for engagement for years now and to have a system of meetings between Government and faith groups. The Taoiseach told the Dail in May of this year that “the most…
Down and Connor priest Fr Tim Bartlett has told The Irish Catholic that he stands over remarks he made last week in a sermon about bias in the BBC and that he will send a dossier of complaints to the BBC and renewed his call for an independent review of BBC Northern Ireland for anti-catholic…
The Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Dermot Farrell, has placed the Church’s mission to the disadvantaged inner-city communities of the capital at the heart of his reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s decision to designate St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral as the Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese of Dublin. In an article submitted to The Irish Catholic, Archbishop Farrell describes…
Following concerns from some parents about the integrity of the Department of Education and Youth’s online Parental Survey and its potential abuse, the Dept has sent assurances to this paper that the survey is secure. According to a Department of Education and Youth spokesperson, “The department has robust and multi-layered arrangements in place to ensure…
As papal charity Aid to the Church in Need publish their Religious Freedom in the World Report showing that one in ten Christians in the world faces persecution for their faith, the Irishwoman who heads the global charity Regina Lynch takes time out to speak with The Irish Catholic”s Garry O’Sullivan about the work of…
Breaking News On the Feast of St Lawrence O’Toole, the patron saint of the Dublin Archdiocese and the 200th anniversary of the building of the Pro-Cathedral, Pope Leo XIV has granted the city church the status of a full Cathedral. The announcement, which has been a closely guarded secret except to this paper, was announced…
“Parents, who value their current school ethos, should be sure to fill-in this short survey. Otherwise, the choice of future school provision will be made for them” Archbishop Eamon Martin has said. He was responding to a survey launched by the Department of Education and Youth which is seeking views from parents on the kind…
Seven sets of human remains that likely belong to infants were discovered at the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution in Tuam, Co. Galway according to the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, ODAIT. Other adult human remains had been founded earlier in the excavations. However ODAIT has been unable to date…
The United Nations has disgraced themselves again” a leading Irish psychotherapist has told The Irish Catholic in the wake of a UN report advocating boys and girls share shower facilities. Dr Stella O’Malley told this paper that “No serious organisation tells schools that boys should share facilities such as showers and residential spaces with girls.…