Millions fund-raised for local hospice
To have captured on camera Health Minister Leo Varadkar and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin positively beaming at one another – and on the day...
Nobody wins unless everybody wins – Why Springsteen’s championing LGBT rights...
“Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write —...
Pope Francis: the Gospel goes green
The ‘green agenda’ aims to ensure that nature remains unspoilt – that animal and vegetable species don’t go extinct – that everything can thrive...
Ar muin na muice!
‘Sí an mhuc is ciúine a itheann an bia’
Is dócha go bhfuil an ráiteas “muc sa phárlús” cloiste againn ó am go h-am agus...
Our story is still in the making and Ireland needs to...
If you saw RTÉ's "Centenary" last week, you might have heard a snippet of Gay Byrne's voice saying "The fact that an Irish schoolgirl...
Her new life arises from the shadow of tragedy
Nearly three months after the crash which claimed the lives of her husband and her two children, Elber Twomey recalls: “A friend of mine,...
Dán (Óid) don Uain álainn ollanda
Is fíor-álainn an fís é i láthair na huaire bheith ag féachaint ar na h-uain óga ag damhsa ar fúd na páirceanna agus cuid...
In our Centenary, 3,000 years of Irish history mulched for potting...
Last year, Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed that ISIS wants to destroy Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel. Given Ireland’s lack of regard for its...
Easter celebrates the undying flame of life
When a solitary spark suddenly takes fire from the ashes and bursts into flame – it supplies us with a figure or symbol of...
Draíocht na gréine
“Bhí an ghrian ag brath ar dhul faoi agus narbh álainn mar a d’fhág sí slán ag na fathaigh mhóra sléibhe sula ndeachaigh sí...
