Many Dublin churches built in McQuaid’s time may be demolished
Archdiocese asks council to rezone several parish sites to address housing needs
Archbishop pledges assistance to any inquiry into illegal adoptions
Full Government inquiry into State’s adoption practices looking increasingly likely
Property parlance: Know your Nimby from your Yimby
A-Z highlights from a new guide to Irish housing which aims to demystify the jargon
A brief history of Ireland in 33 great delusions
The falsehoods, euphemisms and face-saving ruses that helped make us what we are
How ‘Humanae Vitae’ crushed the hopes of millions of Catholics
Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception
The RTÉ campus may be a better site for the National Maternity Hospital
Why are religious congregations involved in providing private medical care?
Catholic ethos of St Vincent’s emphasised at opening in 1970
Archbishop McQuaid said Catholic hospitals must follow ‘moral law’ laid down by church
Why do we still broadcast the angelus bongs?
Silencing the bell that announces ‘this is a Catholic country’ should be easy. But it's not
Dr Rhona Mahony: 1916-2016 – giving birth in Ireland
Single mothers socially reviled, one-third of illegitimate babies died in their first year
Mass in the vernacular 50 years old this year
Archbishop John Charles McQuaid loved the Latin language and culture and was not enthusiastic about the idea of an all-vernacular liturgy
Previous generations would be astounded at attitudes to churches in Ireland today
A 60-year journey from obsequious conformity
A pluralist Protestant
When Victor Griffin, a former dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, was in Derry he annoyed Protestants. In Dublin he upset Catholics. Now 89, he reflects on a changed Ireland, and on Charles Haughey’s good deeds
Bing Crosby letter to John Charles McQuaid to go on display
The millionaire crooner wanted Irish nuns to staff a hospital he was bankrolling
Maverick medieval historian and fellow of Trinity College Dublin
James Francis Lydon: Born May 12th, 1928; died June 25th, 2013
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