The Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, has announced on April 21, 2026, the appointment of four commissioners to the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Schools. The Minister confirmed that Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring, senior legal consultant Mr Roddy Bourke, and child safeguarding experts Mr Kieran…
Dr Lorna Gold, of the Laudato Si’ Movement, spoke yesterday on “alternatives to today’s economic system in response to the climate crisis”, at the Women, Faith & Climate Network Gathering at Queen’s University Belfast. The talk, titled ‘An economy of enough: rethinking prosperity in an age of limits’, was part of an event organised by…
EXCLUSIVE “Catholics should not be surprised at Trump’s behaviour” Senator Ronan Mullen has told this paper. “The President is not a Catholic, he says he is not a religious man, and he has consistently rejected the normal rules of diplomatic engagement. He is both an egoist and an egotist. These are just facts. Against that…
The CEO of the Catholic Education Partnership (CEP) has welcomed the release of the first set of data from the national survey on school patronage, but has warned that the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 has become a major barrier to real progress on divestment. Speaking to the Education Nation podcast, Alan Hynes reiterated…
Christian Blind Mission (CBM) Ireland is inviting Irish eye-health practitioners to learn about global disparities in eye-care at their April 21 event at Rotunda Hospital, where ophthalmologists, optometrists, and ophthalmic nurses from around the world will share their experiences practicing in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and discuss Ireland’s role in the eye-care field abroad.…
The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne founded in 1900 by a daughter of the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne have begun a legal case against the state of New York for violating their Constitutional rights over a LGBTQ Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights. Under this legislation, nursing homes are required to use preferred pronouns and allow bathroom access based on a patient or…
Irish moral theologian Dr Vincent Twomey SVD has said that President Trump’s threat to bomb Iran back to the Stone Ages breached the understanding of lawful self-defence. Responding to a question from this paper — that the Church’s understanding of Just War may be seen as a bit old fashioned, i.e. sometimes pre-emptive military action…
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Sr Clare Crockett, Servant of God, who died in an earthquake while in mission in Ecuador on April 16, 2016. To mark the milestone, HM Television started a 10-day countdown on their YouTube channel, releasing one video about the Irish nun per day. The clips feature…
“An additional 36 infant remains have been recovered [from the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution in Tuam, Co. Galway] since the last technical update”, according to a new report, as forensic excavation of the site continues. The ‘Technical Update 6’, reporting findings from January 29 to March 31 and released on April…
Trump’s nationalism could be seen during the fuel protests, said ACP priest, Fr Roy Donovan. “The Irish flags on tractors and trucks, and people carrying the flags. It’s kind of the narrow nationalism of Trump, that kind of far-right stuff. It’s very intimidating.” For the priest, “The racism put out during the protests and the…
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