Staff reporter Brendan O’Connor has been wrestling with religion after a Harvard scientist told him that the best way to be happy is to have faith. Speaking on his Brendan O’Connor show on Saturday morning, Mr O’Connor recalled recent guest, Professor Arthur Brooks’, advice to “go back” to Catholicism if he wanted to be happy.…

Staff reporter Tributes has been led to Nobel peace prize laureate David Trimble who died on Monday after a short illness. Mr Trimble – then the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party – was a key player in the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and was later awarded the prize along with John Hume.…

“Change is coming soon” to the diocese of Cashel and Emly, Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly has warned, with 16 priests hitting retirement age in the next five years. In a pastoral letter accompanying the diocese’s clerical appointments, Archbishop O’Reilly said there will be a maximum of 35 priests under the age of 75 in five years’…

Staff reporter Irish-born singer-songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan has revealed that his Catholic Faith has been a constant support in his life. The writer of hit Alone Again – which spent six months as number one in the US charts – said that Mass is still a vital part of the practise of his faith. “Because I…

Staff reporter On his state visit to Singapore, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin paid an “emotional” visit to a chapel built by prisoners-of-war during WWII. Mr Martin went to Changi Chapel and Museum to pay tribute to his uncle Philip, one of the POW’s interred at Changi camp and whose name is displayed on the chapel…

Oireachtas committee on assisted suicide expected in October A special committee to examine legalising assisted suicide is expected to begin in October according to People before Profit TD Gino Kenny. The committee was recommended in July, following the passage of the so-called Dying with Dignity Bill in the Dáil last year. The bill would give…

An independent school offering a classical Catholic education is set to open its doors in Limerick City this September, and is seeking support from religious orders, communities and lay organisations. Stella Maris School will be seeking to offer “classical education principles, centred ultimately on the person of Jesus Christ” at the primary level, a statement…

Liam Fitzpatrick Six in ten rent increase notices brought to a housing charity between April and June 2022 were invalid under rent control legislation, according to the organisation’s report. Threshold, a charity whose aim is to secure a right to housing, particularly for households experiencing the problems of poverty and exclusion, analysed 364 requests from…

Staff reporter Hollywood star Russell Crowe is set to star as the late Fr Gabriel Amorth, widely known as ‘The Vatican’s Chief Exorcist’, in upcoming movie The Pope’s Exorcist. Mr Crowe hit the headlines recently as he took in Rome on a holiday with family, including a trip to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine…