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Some religious orders’ refusal to contribute to mother and baby home redress shows ‘lack of compassion’
Some survivors want Government to seize assets of religious orders who refuse to pay
Church orders’ refusal to pay mother-and-baby home redress leaves Government with dilemma
Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says
Just one religious order has made ‘serious offer’ of cash redress to mother-and-baby home survivors
Government negotiator Sheila Nunan has submitted a final report with conclusions from talks with seven Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland
Christ Church Leeson Park in Dublin deconsecrated and to be put on property market
Among worshippers at the church in earlier times was writer George Bernard Shaw
‘We’re in dire straits’: St Michan’s appeals for public support as it plans crypt reopening after arson
Mummified remains burnt in medieval crypt left church facing up to €100,000 loss
Where to now for our declining churches? Younger clergy reflect on a brighter future
Exciting times are ahead for Christian communities, based on joy, hope, energy and finding context and relevance in contemporary society
Bethlehem now ‘a Palestinian village subjected to intense intimidation, social starvation’, say church leaders
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson says reaction to immigration in Ireland has been ‘physical and shameful’
Dublin school to review ethos statement over message telling parents students must attend all religious ceremonies
Lobby group Education Equality says school's instruction breached children’s constitutional rights
Southern Irish Protestants by Ian D’Alton: A work of great originality and scholarship
Author connects particular concerns, often focused on Cork Protestantism, with wider debates
Churches carry huge crosses as they try to move on from mistakes of past
Rite & Reason: All Churches face huge challenges moving on from terrible abuses into an advancing secularism
Protestants in Ireland: ‘We’ve gone after the young generations. We’ve listened and changed how we do things’
A younger generation of Protestants ‘are flocking away from the church’ yet ‘becoming more spiritual’
How multicultural Ireland is contributing to a growth in the Presbyterian Church
Maynooth Community Church is among those bucking the trend of decline in church membership, boosting its congregation with people of faith from overseas
Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity review: Magisterial work on theologies around sex
Diarmaid MacCulloch’s ambitious book looks at celibacy, marriage, homosexuality and trans issues from the perspective that there is no single consistent view of these in the Bible, Patsy McGarry writes
‘Terrible fire’ at Co Antrim church being treated as arson
No injuries in blaze which began on Sunday night at Church of Ireland building and hall in Greenisland
Deadline missed for mother-and-baby redress deal with church orders
Negotiator Sheila Nunan ‘will continue her work to its conclusion’, Department of Equality says
I do not believe God literally made heaven and earth nor in the virgin birth. So why should I pretend I do?
Both church and State create a situation where there is an expectation that insincere declarations are made
Tuesday’s fire at St Michan’s Church not the first time the Dublin site was vandalised
Archdeacon David Pierpoint says mummified bodies have been ‘destroyed’ and ‘damaged beyond repair’
Archbishop of Jerusalem, on visit to Dublin, expresses delight at recognition of Palestinian state
Church of Ireland dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough raise €216,000 for rebuilding of Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza
‘Ireland is not full’: Church leader warns about populists who play with paranoia
Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop John McDowell tells General Synod Ireland has been right to welcome migrants and asylum seekers
Catholic Church’s downsizing only the beginning as attendances and incomes decline
Church of Ireland has already merged many of the 26 dioceses established in 1111 AD at the Synod of Ráth Breasail
Plan to oblige teachers to assess disabled children’s needs will ‘overwhelm’ schools
Department of Education is finalising new rules, but schools say system is in ‘crisis’
Church of Ireland raises over €100,000 to date for restoration of Gaza hospital
Al Ahli Arab hospital was badly damaged by a bomb in October, with as many as 200 killed
Ireland’s main churches and Muslim Council oppose legislation on assisted dying
`No such thing as a life without meaning or value’, churches say
‘Polite sectarianism’ still remains in the North 40 years after massacre of Protestants at prayer
Four decades after the sectarian atrocity at a church in Darkley during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops of nearby Armagh reflect on the sectarianism of the past and today
Calling all Finbarrs: Church appeals to those sharing name of Cork’s patron saint on 1,400th anniversary
A special programme of events has been organised in Cork to mark St Fin Barre’s Day this year
Ballaghaderreen has a Catholic cathedral - so why has Dublin never had one?
Church of Ireland has two - one national and one for diocese - but even John Charles McQuaid couldn’t get a ‘proper’ Catholic one over the line
Rathmines ‘affordable’ housing scheme seeks €4,000 a month for apartment
Nine-unit project in Rathmines was delivered ‘to address the shortage of affordable housing’ in the area, according to church’s website
Targeting of refugees and asylum seekers ‘unacceptable’ and risks ‘damaging social fabric’ - Churches
Joint statement from 16 Irish churches, including main churches, criticises ‘scapegoating’ of people seeking international protection
Will renovated Glengarriff church capitalise on west Cork village’s run of high-profile sales?
Former Church of Ireland property seeking €895,000 is the latest to hit the market aimed at those seeking a west Cork bolthole
Enoch Burke seeks to have Church of Ireland clerics attend court for legal battle with school
Hearing of dispute between teacher and Wilson’s Hospital School due to open on Tuesday
Churches could develop truth recovery process, Archbishop says
Eamon Martin says reconciliation can only be achieved by facing the past in apparent criticism of UK government’s planned Troubles amnesty
Primates of All Ireland say legacy bill will ‘deepen divisions’ in Northern Ireland
Archbishops Eamon Martin and John McDowell, in a joint article in the Financial Times, say the bar for immunity from prosecution in the bill is ‘pitiably low’
RDS buys St Mary’s church in Ballsbridge for €4m
Royal Dublin Society plans to integrate the one-acre site into its plan for a refurbished stadium
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