Breda O'Brien

Breda O’Brien: It is not enough for Kate Forbes to be talented. She must also avoid thoughtcrime

Persecution of Catholic Church, including jailing of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, must be challenged

Mental health has been deteriorating for years among the young but this cohort has had a particularly rough time

Brigid can be revered as a goddess and as a saint but the abbess of a powerful monastery cannot be erased in favour of a goddess with scant sources

Reforming the Senior Cycle to allow for more continuous assessment has suddenly become a lot riskier thanks to this pioneering piece of AI

Australian cleric won respect for the dignity with which he endured 404 days in prison, mostly in solitary confinement, for crimes he did not commit

Sinn Féin is benefiting from politics of houses trumping history. But what if it fails?

Easing restrictions and other reforms are essential at a time when demand for teachers is outstripping supply

Allowing women the space to reflect on a matter of life and death is something both sides should agree on

In run-up to Repeal referendum, some 56% of babies diagnosed in-utero with Down syndrome were aborted

Government must provide incentives to people to remain in or enter teaching to address significant issue

The Catholic Church richly deserves opprobrium for acts of horrifying evil, but that does not mean religious orders should have no right to speak or even exist

Women and men are being conditioned to see practices such as strangulation as normal, and women are dying because of it

Truth cannot compete with an evermore rapidly spinning toxic brew of tweets, clips and soundbites

A ‘Panorama’ documentary about the pope’s ‘secret ’ relationship with Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka tells a one-sided story

This insightful account shows how uniting, strategic, and effective the campaign was

Care must be taken in drawing lessons from Quebec study linking subsidised childcare to crime rates

The predictable chorus that we ‘must look after our own first’ is depressing

Having breastfed three babies, I can guess their answers

‘My bank doesn’t want me cluttering up its premises. It makes this clear by closing most of its teller windows, keeping the queue long and slow’

The marriage referendum created some new heroines as clowns played on

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Barnados chief Fergus Finlay says the media ‘needs to get real about this too’

Presenter chairs new RTÉ show with emotive discussion on same-sex marriage

About 190,000 short-term unemployed will get no water support payment

Coalition’s JobPath initiative will be operated on a payment-by-results basis

Bishops welcome Department’s rejection of ‘one-size-fits-all’ model

Watchdog says broadcasters have right to deal with potential defamation actions

RTÉ says it is standing by its ‘account of events as published earlier this week’

RTÉ defends decision to pay €85,000 to John Waters and Iona Institute members

Breda O’Brien said right of reply to homophobia claim was ‘completely inadequate’

Public broadcaster condemned at rally for paying €80,000 over homophobia allegation

Priest says O’Gorman ‘cared about ideas and issues and concepts because he cared about people’

“He didn’t fit neatly into left or right”

Opinion: There is no intention to create a single-chamber parliament that will hold the executive to account

Children raised by biological parents in low-conflict marriages fare best

The faithful can live how they choose, but not dictate to others

Fine Gael TD criticised 'inappropriate' material on HSE-funded Spunout.ie

Francis will not change core church teachings, but he may have new priorities