Perhaps our New Year’s Resolutions should be to make more time for friends, family and God, writes FR Martin Delaney My father loved clocks and watches. His most treasured possession was a pocket watch bought with his first wage packet as a young man. At the age of 94, when he was dying, he called…
Editor Michael Kelly reflects on ‘the idea of a community coming together to help one another and ease the burden’ in times of struggle More than a few commentators have described the recent levels of rainfall as biblical. And the suffering has been (and continues to be) immense. Homeowners have struggled heroically – and often…
Mr Higgins’ apparent belief that religion is a club ‘keeping a society together’ is as superficial as it is stupid, writes Michael Kelly
“Irish leaders…seem to strive to avoid underlining faith’s role in Christmas traditions” unlike our English neighbours, writes Mary Kenny
Veteran broadcaster George Hook talks faith and family with Cathal Barry
Dear Editor, My congratulations on a magnificent 1916 supplement in the December 17 edition. While it is slightly invidious to suggest any one aspect of the uniformly excellent coverage for particular commendation, I think you are especially to be praised for acknowledging the diversity of opinions that existed, and still do, within the Church regarding…
Dear Editor, The so-called ‘silent majority’ will sleepwalk into a “post Catholic” (Ruairi Quinn quote) ‘liberalised’ Ireland unless they wake up and realise that they ARE a majority, and a majority that can make a huge difference to the direction Ireland is heading by letting their voices be heard. There is an election coming up…
Dear Editor, I have been impressed in recent months with your new ‘Parenting Matters’ series by Dr Colm Humphries, but was especially moved by the most recent column, ‘Children are able to sense conflict without seeing it’ (IC 10/12/2015). Dr Humphries’ description of how we can instinctively pick up on things being wrong, even when…
Dear Editor, The opening quotation in the UN’s explanatory document relating to the Bill of Human Rights is taken from Article 1 and reads as follows: “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights…” This appears to mean that the UN believes that the unborn has no human rights whatsoever, let alone…
Dear Editor, Congratulations on the quality of the commemorative 1916 Rising issue of the paper on December 17. I found it highly informative and many articles provided a new perspective on the events of the Rising. I particularly enjoyed the personal accounts from the Dublin archives, the Capuchin friars and the writings of the female…
Michael Kelly
Mary Kenny
Cathal Barry
Courtney McGrail