Martin Luther
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Why we celebrate Christmas on the 25th, eat mince pies and put up trees
- Consumer
- December 14, 2020, 00:00
So here it is, merry Christmas everybody’s having fu . . . um, a socially distanced and responsible time in small and sober groups from not more than (...)
French women pledge to fight ‘misogyny’ of Catholic Church
- Europe
- July 25, 2020, 05:01
A frail-looking grandmother of eight from Lyon led dozens of French women this week in the founding act of Toutes Apôtres, All-Women Apostles. The gro(...)
A bit of heresy now and then does the Catholic Church no harm
- Opinion
- February 25, 2020, 01:00
On April 30th last year a group of Catholic theologians wrote an open letter to the College of Bishops accusing Pope Francis of heresy and asking that(...)
TV guide: 28 of the best shows to watch this week
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 16, 2020, 01:00
Lost Lives Sunday, BBC1, 9pm This acclaimed documentary was released last year in the same week that Arlene Foster claimed the Belfast Agreement was n(...)
Can you be both a Christian and an unbeliever?
- Culture
- December 5, 2019, 05:30
New atheists attract a lot of hostility but, if you’re not one yourself, consider how infuriating it must be to see church worship on the rise interna(...)
Santa Claus is definitely real and possibly residing in Co Kilkenny
- Culture
- December 2, 2019, 05:00
The first thing to say, of course, is that Santa Claus does not have a grave. Santa Claus cannot have a grave because Santa Claus can never die. San(...)
Men Behaving Badly signalled the start of ‘Lad Culture’ - we just didn’t see it
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 1, 2019, 05:00
Thirty years ago, I worked at a theatre box office in London’s West End. Of an evening, staff from rival houses would gather for drinks in the “Italia(...)
Ireland is a country united by geography and divided by history. In James Joyce’s great novel Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, the main protagonist and an Iri(...)
Five notable scientific anniversaries in 2019
- Science
- January 10, 2019, 00:00
It is probably easier to look back and weigh the importance of a particular scientific achievement of the past than to predict how science will influe(...)
The farms that let you choose and cut your own Christmas tree
- Interiors
- December 1, 2018, 06:00
Christmas tree farmer, Martin Kelleher says the part of growing Christmas trees he enjoys most is selling them to the public. From December 1st to 23r(...)



