It’s funny where you can learn a lesson and catch a glimpse of the divine. Recently, in a grocery store, I witnessed this incident: A young girl, probably around 16 years of age, along with two other girls her own age, came into the store. She picked up a grocery basket and began to walk…

Mary Kenny considers how a life changing event can be summarised in a 140 character tweet

“It’s no longer about equal rights, the number-crunchers conclude: it’s about the pink dollar. It’s business”, writes Mary Kenny

The selfless life inevitably means self-sacrifice, writes David Quinn

The framers of the Irish Constitution emphasised human dignity when much of Europe had abandoned it, writes Niall Guinan

“We have all lost loved ones to suicide, alcoholism and other ways of dying that are far from ideal”, writes Fr Ron Rolheiser

It is important to know the full story before forming an opinion, writes Mary Kenny

Is there a deeper question about the nature of priesthood at the heart of the debate around Maynooth, asks Fr Martin Delaney