“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 chun suain. Chuir sí na milte binn ar dhearglasadh.
Rinne sí ór lonrach den charraig ar...
When a solitary spark suddenly takes fire from the ashes and bursts into flame – it supplies us with a figure or symbol of the triumph of life over death … and a symbol which is shared by civilisations...
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 heritage, it’s a wonder we haven’t beaten them to it, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
A century ago,...
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 acu gan bheith tagtha ar an saol ach seal beag agus na cosa ag lúbadh...
Nearly three months after the crash which claimed the lives of her husband and her two children, Elber Twomey recalls: “A friend of mine, Father Mike, asked if I would pray for Marek”. Marek was the 26-year-old Polish man...
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 died in a field, giving birth to her child, is a reproach to –"
Byrne was...
The ‘green agenda’ aims to ensure that nature remains unspoilt – that animal and vegetable species don’t go extinct – that everything can thrive and flower in its natural habitat.
But that goes only as far as inter-connections are found...
‘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 ag féachaint ar an bhfógraíocht a chuireann Vodafone amach faoi láthair, shílfeá go bhfuil an...
“Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them.”
So wrote Bruce Springsteen last week, explaining his decision to cancel his...
To have captured on camera Health Minister Leo Varadkar and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin positively beaming at one another – and on the day of the marriage referendum count – was a photographic scoop which no daily paper was...
