Why TDs should be responsible first to their own consciencesOpinion: Are large numbers of Irish citizens having a Howard Beale moment, prompted by the Irish Water debacle?Sat Nov 22 2014 - 07:41
Legalising prostitution legalises a fantasy – that sex does not involve the selfOpinion: ‘Why is it that if someone buys a vote from a councillor, it is seen as corruption, but if someone buys the use of someone’s body, it is somehow liberation?’Sun Nov 16 2014 - 12:01
Brittany Maynard and Lauren Hill will leave very different legaciesOpinion: More and more patients request euthanasia because they are fearful of being a burden, as the ‘right to die’ becomes the ‘duty to die’Sun Nov 9 2014 - 12:01
A community mothers’ scheme that helps struggling families is under threatOpinion: Local women are trained to help young mothers before other services might be neededSat Nov 1 2014 - 00:01
The evangelical zeal and appeal of Sinn FéinOpinion: ‘While many look at Gerry Adams and think of the thousands who died in an unwinnable battle, his acolytes see the man who prevented thousands of more deaths’Sun Oct 26 2014 - 12:01
Synod on the Family: Pope Francis is calling on us to end indifference and engage with peopleOpinion: Priest helped unmarried parents to gradually build foundation for familySun Oct 19 2014 - 12:01
We promise to improve care for children, but we demonstrate that we don’t really mean itOpinion: ‘Early intervention and support could prevent a great deal of grief later on’Sun Oct 12 2014 - 12:01
Synod to tackle wide range of challenges to modern familiesOpinion: Complex pastoral challenges raised by cultural norms and demographic shiftsSat Oct 4 2014 - 00:01
Revised children and family proposals fail to tackle tangle web of family lifeOpinion: Unmarried fathers are still not automatically entitled to guardianship rightsSun Sep 28 2014 - 12:01
Lourdes pilgrimage a miracle of service and selflessness‘People rarely talk about how so many charities would fall apart without the fundraising done by students ’Sat Sep 20 2014 - 01:04
Two families faced very different traumatic events this weekOpinion: Would better communication and a change of culture have helped both the Kings and Monica O’Connor?Sat Sep 6 2014 - 00:01
Lessons from the Rotherham child abuse reportOpinion: It is naive to believe the Irish Child and Family Agency can overcome all the flaws of the previous regime in a short timeSat Aug 30 2014 - 00:01
No-one seems to have responded to the pregnant woman on a human levelOpinion: ‘There are two very vulnerable people in this nightmare who have been let down by our selective indignation’Sat Aug 23 2014 - 00:01
After the Leaving Cert: another tough battle for an asylum-seekerOpinion: Their parents are not permitted to work, and neither are theySat Aug 16 2014 - 18:49
Defending the right to home educate childrenOpinion: When they refused to pay the fine imposed on them, they were each sentenced to 10 days’ in prisonSat Aug 9 2014 - 00:01
We need to change way we do politics to attract more womenOpinion: Ireland is among the 10 lowest-ranked EU countries when it comes to political and economic representation of womenSat Aug 2 2014 - 00:01
Politics dying a death by focus groupsNew Labour’s legacy is not progressive – it is narcissistic. And has affected our politics tooSat Jul 26 2014 - 01:31
The internet may be socialising your children into near absolute conformityOpinion: Tumblr presents a virtually parodic version of allegedly liberal valuesSat Jul 19 2014 - 01:00
Bert and Ernie’s romance offers a lesson in toleranceOpinion: Reporting the Christian bakery sends the message that it is not okay to disagreeSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Leah Libresco engages Catholics and atheists in ‘better fights about religion’Opinion: Personalised abuse indicates if someone says “I hate you!” they may really be in pain, she suggestsSat Jul 5 2014 - 00:01
Writing your way through the Leaving CertOpinion: Could the keyboard be mightier than the pen when it comes to exams?Sat Jun 14 2014 - 00:01
Protestant or Catholic, the short lives of these children must be given some respectOpinion: If you are small and powerless, even the most basic respect of having a marked grave may be denied youSun Jun 8 2014 - 12:01
Closure of All Hallows is a loss to third-level education as well as to churchOpinion: A significant number of its students came from families where there was no tradition of higher educationSun Jun 1 2014 - 12:01
Closure of All Hallows is a loss to third-level education as well as to churchOpinion: A significant number of its students came from families where there was no tradition of higher educationSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
#BringBackOurGirls campaign is not enough to tackle difficult issuesOpinion: Simple slogans can’t replace dialogue and hard bargainingSun May 25 2014 - 12:01
How did Jackie Kennedy come to place such trust in Fr Joseph Leonard?Opinion: Such an exchange between an elderly priest and a famous woman is hard to imagine todaySat May 17 2014 - 00:01
A significant minority of voters now feel politically homelessMany Irish voters are socially conservative, but are not particularly right-wing economically. Where is the party that represents them?Sun May 11 2014 - 12:01
Will courts be understanding when disadvantaged children are in trouble with the law?Opinion: Schools at breaking point over cuts in provision for special educational needsSun May 4 2014 - 12:01
Canonisation reflects exemplary lives of Pope John Paul II and John XXIIIOpinion: Media does not reflect complexity of papal storySat Apr 26 2014 - 00:01
Where is political outcry over cartoon attacking priests?Opinion: Tiny percentage of religious involved in abuseSat Apr 19 2014 - 00:01
Why history is a subject for the futureOpinion: Junior Cert history helps students make sense of State visitSun Apr 13 2014 - 12:01
‘Conscious uncoupling’: why it’s not always the answer to an unhappy marriageOpinion: Paltrow and Martin’s public separation is a personal tragedySat Apr 5 2014 - 01:59
Church faces two dangers on safeguarding childrenOpinion: Complacency and constant condemnation are key problemsSat Mar 29 2014 - 00:01
Surrogacy splits motherhood into bitsOpinion: Proposed legislation silent on those who use foreign commercial surrogatesSun Mar 23 2014 - 12:01
Why Pope Francis inspires usOpinion: He has washed his socks and knows the face of povertySat Mar 15 2014 - 00:01
Sex norms skewed by porn-saturated cultureHaving sex with someone who has passed out is regarded by some as a ‘grey area’Sat Mar 8 2014 - 08:28
Why Pokémon players dream of an electric saviourOpinion: Internet has not lived up to its aspirationsSat Mar 1 2014 - 00:01
Psychiatric services for young people in need require drastic overhaulOpinion: A certain percentage will always be at risk of serious mental health problemsSat Feb 22 2014 - 00:01
The savagery of online comment is coarsening all public discussionOpinion: The police tend not to know what to do about this relatively new phenomenonSat Feb 15 2014 - 00:01
Who would dare to oppose gay marriage and risk being accused of homophobiaOpinion: To describe someone as homophobic is to take their good nameSun Feb 9 2014 - 09:10
Minister’s call to cut back religion for maths doesn’t really add upOpinion: Schools in North excel despite same time given to RE as in the RepublicSun Feb 2 2014 - 12:02
No one has a clue when it comes to what is going on in educational reformOpinion: Junior Cert is currently objective, in that it is marked by people who do not know the pupilsSat Jan 25 2014 - 00:01
I will remember a man who was kind and witty and not the crass headlinesOpinion: The sordid and detailed reports added greatly to the suffering of Tom O’Gorman’s friendsSat Jan 18 2014 - 00:01
Why I was so disappointed by Mary McAleese’s comments on gay priestsOpinion: The church teaches that sexuality is ordered towards a certain goalSat Jan 11 2014 - 00:01
Christmas Day fire was a shattering blow but softened by the kindness of strangersOpinion: Community values often provide a shelter in adversity that the State cannot replicateSat Jan 4 2014 - 00:01
The people’s pope is challenging us to emerge from our comfort zonesOpinion: Everyone seems to love Francis and everyone wants to co-opt him to their own agendaSun Dec 22 2013 - 00:01
In the charity sector, let’s not punish the many for the sins of the fewOpinion: If charities are to raise money successfully, they need to professionaliseSat Dec 14 2013 - 00:01
To view ‘Forbes’ ranking as good news is to confuse the market with societyOpinion: A global economic system based on maximising profit is obviously flawedSun Dec 8 2013 - 00:01
The Minister for Education is not going the right way about implementing changeOpinion: Junior Cycle reform requires more thought and better training for teachersSun Dec 1 2013 - 00:01
Constant media scrutiny means there can be no more heroes as of oldOpinion: We are becoming more cynical but still have a need for visionary, inspiring figuresSat Nov 23 2013 - 07:03