Patsy McGarry

Patsy McGarry

Contributor

Patsy McGarry is a contributor to The Irish Times having spent over 25 years as the paper's Religious Affairs Correspondent. He previously reported for Magill magazine, the Irish Press, the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent. He is the author of First Citizen: Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency.

Palestinians in Ireland relieved about Gaza deal despite harbouring doubts

Chief Rabbi warns ‘hardest work lies ahead’, but cleric welcomes chance for return of hostages from destroyed city

Spiritans to sell Tipperary farm to fund compensation for abuse survivors

Rockwell Farm to be sold on open market with anticipated price of over €20m

Our system risks presidential farce, in the belief common sense will prevail

Democracy dictates that every Tom, Dick and Harriet, even the deluded ones, can try to take the council route to the presidency

Spiritans adding to suffering of survivors of sex abuse in their schools, says advocacy group

Victims, survivors and their families ‘continue to suffer trauma daily’, says Restore Together, criticising redress scheme delays

To Galway’s thrilling Corrib, the fastest-flowing city river in Europe

In a Word ... River

‘We need more priests’: Catholic bishop welcomes 13 seminarians into training

This year’s intake brings to 77 the number of men being training for priesthood in Ireland

Pithy is just not enough to make wit great, it must also advance the meaning of a sentence

In a Word ... Wit

Leeson Park church in Dublin 6 sold to Romanian Orthodox Church

Church, estimated to have sold for over €4m, was purchased with financial assistance from Romanian government

Toilet paper is up there with gun powder as a Chinese invention

In a Word ... Lavatory

First saint of 21st century, who died aged 15, to be canonised in Rome

‘God’s influencer’ Carlos Acutis died aged 15 in 2006

Ireland’s longest-serving bishop announces his retirement

Bishop Paul Colton’s tenure as Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross the longest since 1617

St John of God brothers to step aside and appoint lay people to take over governance

The order’s services support more than 12,000 children, adolescents and adults

The moon landings, Pope John Paul I and some strange facts

In a Word ... Crazy

In a Word...-ism

Communism, socialism: Many -isms are irrelevant these days

Priests demand Irish Catholic Church sever ties with Allianz over Israel links

Move follows similar demands among GAA members unhappy over relationship with multinational insurance company

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