Home is more than a house or a place on a map. It’s a place in the heart, the place where you most want to be at the end of the day. The metaphorical idea of home can help us sort out many things, not least how sex connects to love. The soul, as we…
Christina Malone As I tried to be creative while working from home my daughter comes running inside and tells me that she has no homework today, but that she has to learn prayers (she knew already) for her First Confession. It is March and my three children (nine, seven and four ) are finally back…
Skellig Michael to reopen this month Sceilg Mhichíl (Skellig Michael) is set to welcome visitors back this month, with a target date of June 21 for reopening the island off the Kerry coast. Office of Public Works crews are currently working on-site to prepare the popular destination for the reopening date, doing preparatory health and…
International Men’s Health Week is coming up, and stark statistics show just how vital it is, writes Jason Osborne International Men’s Health Week begins every year on the Monday before Father’s Day and ends on Father’s Day itself, meaning this year it runs from Monday June 14 to Sunday June 20. An initiative of the…
Medical Matters Discomfort in the legs is not an uncommon complaint encountered by older adults and can significantly affect quality of life. Restless leg syndrome can occur at any age but is more common as one gets older. It’s characterised by an uncomfortable sensation that results in an uncontrollable urge to move your legs. This…
A friend sent on an old picture from our village when I was a boy. When a picture from your childhood looks like something from another world, you know you’re getting older. Although my childhood took place not too long ago, in the 1980s, I do remember Ireland as being a very different country back then.…
Personal Profile Four countries and nine years of preparation later, Bro. Ryan Holovlasky CSsR made his perpetual vows to the order of Redemptorists in March 2021. “It was worth the wait,” Bro. Ryan tells The Irish Catholic, explaining that he always felt “that flame burning that God was calling me to the priesthood”. Bro. Ryan…
Living Laudato Si’ In May the Church celebrated the sixth anniversary of the publication of Laudato Si’ – On Care for Our Common Home. A weeklong celebration of events took place online on topics ranging from ecological education and spirituality to musical events embracing the arts. One webinar, which the Irish Church can be most…
Often when listening to someone singing live or on television, I close my eyes to try to hear the song so as not to let the singer’s performance get in the way of the song. A song can be lost in its performance; indeed, the performance can take over so that the song is replaced…
Cost of HSE cyberattack may exceed €100 million HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid has told that the cost of the cyberattack on the HSE’s IT systems may end up exceeding €100 million. Mr Reid told a media briefing that he had previously said the restoration efforts could cost in the tens of millions. However, he…
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