Last Friday we established Ireland’s newest political party, Renua Ireland, because our Republic urgently needs renewal. The old structures of our State have failed us and have lost the confidence of our citizens. They have delivered us recessions, emigration, the arrival of the Troika and have rattled our faith in the political process. It is…

The old sexual norms could be cruel but so can the new ones, writes David Quinn

At no point did the IRA ever claim solace from any version of Catholicism.

A pleasant young man was handing out leaflets last Sunday, outside St Teresa’s Church in Clarendon Street, Dublin, calling on people to ‘Stand Against Media Bias’ at a protest outside Dáil Éireann this week. The slogan is “33 to 1” – because, in the space of a recent fortnight, 33 articles appeared in the national…

Pope Francis wants us to return to the very roots of our Faith, writes Breda O’Brien

The spontaneous trust in the process of electing Pope Francis was moving, writes Michael Kelly

Pope Francis challenges each one of us to cast away our fear, writes Nuala O’Loan

It’s clear Pope Francis wants the teachings of the Church applied with mercy, writes David Quinn

Although he doesn’t mean to, it’s the Pope’s willingness to offend that makes him so authentic, writes Cathal Barry

There won’t be any change to core Church teaching, but the Pope wants a radical reform of approach and debate, writes Michael Kelly