Source: The Atlantic BY YASMEEN SERHAN On Friday, Irish voters will participate in their second referendum of the year—this time, to decide whether to remove a prohibition against blasphemy from Ireland’s […]
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Irish voters will decide on Friday whether to remove a clause in the country’s constitution that makes blasphemy a criminal act. A yes vote […]
Source: The New York Times By Ed O’Loughlin The grounds of the old mother and baby home in Tuam, Ireland.CreditCreditPaulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times DUBLIN — […]
An independent Ireland which deliberately erased its First World War history after its brutal war for freedom has only in recent decades felt able to acknowledge its people’s sacrifice in British uniform by Robert Fisk You’d think that the 100th anniversary of the sinking of a Royal Mail ship – […]
Source: BBC News The Christian owners of a Northern Ireland bakery have won their appeal in the so-called “gay cake” discrimination case. The UK’s highest court ruled that Ashers bakery’s […]
Sir, – Colum Kenny claims that “blasphemy is not a problem in Ireland” (“Blasphemy referendum a waste of time and money”, Opinion & Analysis, October 9th). It may not be […]
Source: The Independent Earlier this year McGregor threw a metal dolly at a bus on which Khabib Nurmagomedov was travelling. Rather than chastise him, the UFC used it in a promotional […]
Taoiseach says immigrants ‘holding up’ public services and helping bring investment to Ireland through Facebook and Google Marie O’Halloran Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said one in six people in Ireland was […]
Source: Associated Press By SYLVIA HUI LONDON (AP) — An Irish government Cabinet minister has told Pope Francis that the Catholic Church “should contribute substantially” to funding reparations for survivors […]
‘Hit-and-run’ visit: Irish protesters reject pardon plea from Pope Francis Source: The Guardian BY Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent Pope Francis may have been begging forgiveness at a mass in Phoenix Park, but just […]
Source: BBC News Pope keeps silent on abuse claim letter at end of Irish visit Pope Francis has refused to respond to claims by a former Vatican diplomat who has […]
Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan , Bureau chief Stefano Pitrelli Michelle Boorstein , Reporter DUBLIN — A former Vatican ambassador to the United States has alleged in an 11-page letter […]
Source: Time By NICOLE WINFIELD & TRISHA THOMAS / AP Updated: August 26, 2018 7:46 AM ET | Originally published: August 25, 2018 (DUBLIN) — Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception […]
As Ireland awaits Pope Francis, abuse survivors battle to heal scars from a dark past Source: The Washington Post By Chico Harlan LIMERICK, Ireland — Five decades have passed since the abuse, […]
Leo Varadkar glad Church is ‘less dominant’ in Ireland Source: BBC News Leo Varadkar has said he is glad the Catholic Church is now less dominant in public life. On […]
Source: Wall Street Journal By Paul Hannon DUBLIN—As Ireland prepares to welcome its first papal visit in four decades when Pope Francis arrives Saturday, it is a much changed and […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and LEO ENRIGHT DUBLIN (AP) — One of the Catholic Church’s leading advocates for gays told a Vatican-sponsored conference Thursday that LGBT Catholics deserve […]
Say Nope to the Pope: Irish snap up tickets to see pontiff – with no plan to go Source: The Guardian In mass protest, demonstrators against Catholic church apply for […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Christine A. Scheller DUBLIN (RNS) – As 750,000 Catholics gather in Dublin for the start of the World Meeting of Families, the week is shaping up […]
Source: The Guardian BY Giuseppe Lami/EPA Hospitals in Dublin have been advised to discharge patients in order to free up beds ahead of the pope’s visit to Ireland this weekend amid warnings […]