Editor’s Comment with Michael Kelly

Back in the 1880s, Lord Randolph Churchill (father of Winston Churchill) fiercely opposed Irish Home Rule warning that  “if Ireland goes [leaves the Union], the rest will follow”. It has taken 130 years for that prediction to materialise, but the late Lord Randolph would be alarmed indeed to see the rise and rise of Scottish…

Is it prudent of Mrs McAleese to interfere in domestic politics?

I suppose the experience – and particularly the conditions – of grandparenthood is different for different people. And like everything else, there must be ups and downs. I hear grannies and grandpas who complain that they ‘never see their grandchildren’ – because of geographical or situational circumstances: or because the family has moved to France,…

Notebook with Andrew O’Connell

We live inside a world and inside religions that are too given to disrespect and violence. Virtually every newscast today documents the prevalence of disrespect and violence done in the name of religion, disrespect done for the sake of God (strange as that expression may seem). Invariably, those acting in this way see their actions…

Sacramental ministry in the Church is a collegial and personal service, writes Cathal Barry

It’s 20 years since Father Ted was first broadcast. Greg Daly looks at the impact of the comedy on Ireland and the Church.

If there is no preference for children of past pupils, families with deep roots in the area lose out says David Quinn

Enda Kenny’s comments should worry anyone concerned about right to hold diverse views