Journalist Alf McCreary talks about family, faith and the future with Martin O’Brien

Martin O’Brien visits Accord’s newest office in Belfast

During the month of November, in the magnificent quadrangle of St Patrick’s College Maynooth, designed by Augustus Pugin, a stunning tree has been glowing gold, orange, red and copper.  This majestic creation is a larger-than-life burning bush, ablaze with God.  Even now in early December, well into a season of supposed decline and death, this…

Catholic higher education is caught somewhere between death and flourishing, writes Ronan Tobin

Fr Alec Reid believed that the Church and politicians had to find a way out of conflict rather than just condemn, writes Dr Martin Mansergh

Born on August 5, 1931, in Dublin, Fr Alec Reid was baptised into the Body of Christ in his local Catholic parish. After the death of his father the family moved to Nenagh, Co. Tipperary where he went to school. A skilled young hurler, he gained a place in the Tipperary minor team. In autumn…

"Fr Reid will perhaps best be remembered for the courageous part he played in identifying and nurturing the early seeds of an inclusive peace process. Fr Reid’s role as a channel for peace laid the ground for the achievement of the IRA cease-fire and created the political space for the multi-party talks that ultimately led…

Martin O’Brien meets Ireland’s first female bishop

This coming weekend Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will celebrate a Mass in the Pro Cathedral in Dublin with the anniversary of 10 years of the establishment of the Dublin Diocese Child Protection Service in late 2003. This is not a celebration but it will acknowledge and thank the people who are helping to protect children from…

Fr Brendan McConvery remembers a renowned biblical teacher and scholar