The decision to reappoint only two non-religious members of the Vatican’s child protection commission has been described as “disappointing” by leading advocate and former commission member Marie Collins, adding that this is “not a hopeful sign”. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors was established in 2014 for a three-year period, closing on December…
Northern politicians need to fight for a Brexit that suits the people of the North, Derry’s Bishop Donal McKeown has said. “For the sake of peace on the island, as well as for the sake of economic development on the island, we need to have those who are elected in some sort of a process…
Well-known TV personality Norah Casey has taken on the task of raising around €15 million to finance the WMOF in August. Speaking on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live, the former dragon said Pope Francis had given her back her faith. “Like most Irish people I have a chequered history with Catholicism,” she said, going from “cradle Catholic”…
Pro-life organisations have scorned claims by the chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment that the committee could not find a single medical expert to make the case for retaining Ireland’s constitutional protections for the unborn. Speaking on RTÉ radio, Senator Catherine Noone said: “Nobody was willing to come forward, none who were…
The Department of Education circular introducing new rules insisting that schools provide alternative tuition for students who wish to opt out of religious instruction will have the effect of making religion an optional subject, and place huge additional pressures on state schools, according to the Chief Executive of the Cork Education and Training Board, Timothy…
The World Meeting of Families is a time when Ireland will be at the “centre of the world” and is an opportunity for organisers to highlight climate change issues, the Secretary General of the world’s largest Catholic Charity has said. Michel Roy of Caritas Internationalis – a worldwide confederation of over 165 Caritas organisations –…
Fr Pat Ahern, founding member of Siamsa Tire, the National Folk Theatre established in 1973, was honoured by Kerry County Council this Monday for his important contributions to the arts in Ireland spanning over four decades. A native of Moyvane, Fr Ahern, was artistic director of the theatre until 1997, and also took part in broadcasting…
Microplastics (small plastic fragments) and microbeads (in personal care products), are contaminating fish in the north west Atlantic, 600m down in the ocean, according to an Irish study in Frontiers in Marine Science. NUIG scientists took 233 dead deep-sea fish from North Atlantic mid water trawls and discovered that 73% had ingested plastic. “Some of…
Ireland is performing in the bottom half of 15 similar European countries on a range of social, economic and environmental indicators, a new study has revealed. Published yesterday by Social Justice Ireland (SJI), Measuring Progress: Economy, Society and Environment in Ireland 2018 assessed performance across the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report highlighted Ireland’s…
The largest organisation representing General Practitioners in Ireland have decided to remain neutral in Ireland’s upcoming abortion referendum, it has been revealed. The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) issued a letter to members yesterday, February 15, acknowledging that each member was entitled to their opinions “as a matter of personal conscience”. “However, the Board…
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