The Oscars
Category: Reviews
50 Shades of Grey treated like a bit of a lark
There was a revolting hoopla surrounding the release of the film at the weekend
The creator of modern Ireland
Sean Lemass by Robert J. Savage (University College Dublin Press, €17)
Like My Fair Lady, but for slow learners
Kingsman: The Secret Service (16)
More one-sided debates on abortion
As an avid collector of ironies, I hit the jackpot last week. Liberal media commentators were horrified that Pope Francis didn’t see a problem with slapping children for corrective purposes, but actively argued for aborting more children by widening Irish abortion laws! The latest wave in this debate started Wednesday of last week with a…
Web continues to vibrate to Stephen Fry’s anti-God belief
Few topics have spurred as much debate among Christian circles online as Stephen Fry’s recent outburst against God on RTÉ’s Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne, in which he says that if he were suddenly confronted by God as a reality, he would hold him to account for the world’s suffering. Edinburgh-based Dominican Lawrence Lew…
Ireland’s man for all seasons
T.K. Whitaker: Portrait of a Patriot by Anne Chambers (Doubleday Ireland, €28.99)
Irish echoes from Nigeria
Bishop James Moynagh of Calabar by Colman M. Cooke (Columba Press, €24.99)
Irish missionaries in America
A Patchwork Quilt: Pallottines in the USA I and II Donal F. McCarthy, SCA (available directly from Eprint.ie, €28.00)
Hypnotic fascination will lead to head-scratching
Patrick’s Day (15a)

Aubrey Malone
Brendan O’Regan
Courtney McGrail
Peter Costello