Bethlehem(ZA)
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President says ‘radical’ solution needed to solve homelessness crisis
- Social Affairs
- December 21, 2018
President Michael D Higgins said a “radical” solution was required to solve the State’s homelessness crisis as he appealed for a “renewed sense of soc(...)

Defiance in Bedouin hamlet as Israel prepares to demolish it
- Middle East
- November 28, 2018, 01:00
The residents of Khan al-Ahmar are living on borrowed time. On Monday, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Knesset members from his ruling(...)

In a word: ‘Poem’
- Culture
- September 29, 2018, 06:36
After his Fianna Fáil/Labour coalition government fell in November 1994, the then taoiseach, Albert Reynolds, commented: “It’s the little things that (...)

Welcome to my place . . . Palestine
- Abroad
- September 29, 2018, 04:00
Brona Ní Uigin from Monaghan and Grainne Ní Thiarnain from Sligo, both law graduates from NUI Galway, lived in Palestine for several years doing legal(...)

The Galway Races are decadent and depraved. Or is that the Kentucky Derby? Either way, as you read this, I’m there – probably trying to “pace myself”(...)

Leaving Cert Irish paper 2: Anticipated short story fails to appear
- Education
- June 12, 2018, 13:39
Students who banked on a widely-anticipated short story appearing in the higher level Irish paper prose section got a surprise today. The story, An G(...)

Eighth Amendment is a declaration of tenderness at heart of the Constitution
- Opinion
- May 22, 2018, 01:00
Two months ago, as my mother was dying, I shared her last Eucharist – I touched the sacred host to her lips and placed a tiny drop of the precious blo(...)

Pope compares journey of Mary and Joseph to plight of migrants at Christmas Mass
- Religion & Beliefs
- December 25, 2017, 07:47
Pope Francis has likened the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem to the migrations of millions of people today who are forced to leave their homel(...)

Bethlehem, birthplace of Christ and my wife’s hometown
- Books
- December 5, 2017, 06:02
Living in Bethlehem, you can never escape thoughts of Christmas. The small town has family-owned gift shops that date back to the 15th century, their (...)

The Star of Bethlehem . . . or was it a planet?
- Science
- November 30, 2017, 14:10
People of old were more aware than we are of the night sky and took a keen interest in unusual happenings above them. The configuration of the stars w(...)