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St Patrick may have been from Brittany, not Britain
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 28, 2013, 01:00
‘I am Patrick, a sinner” is a disarmingly straightforward admission from the man credited with Christianising the Irish. Little else concerning our pa(...)

Former judge in call to address legal position of children of same-sex couples
- Irish News
- October 27, 2013, 12:27
Aine McMahonFormer Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness has called for the Government to address the issue of children of parents within same sex(...)

‘There is a certain combat and indeed violence deeply embedded in theology’
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 26, 2013, 01:00
There was a little of Lady Macbeth in the reaction of some in the Church of Ireland to Archbishop Michael Jackson’s recent observations on sectarianis(...)

Clergyman and writer influenced by years in the army
- People
- October 26, 2013, 00:01
The Very Rev Matthew Byrne, who has died aged 85, was a Church of Ireland clergyman, writer, radio producer, presenter and contributor, artist, lingui(...)
All at see
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 24, 2013, 01:00
The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Michael Jackson, has ruffled more than a few feathers throughout his diocese, among both clergy and lai(...)

Transparent funding of second level schools needed, say trustees
- Education
- October 23, 2013, 18:27
Trustees of religious secondary schools have called for fair and transparent funding of second level schools.They were responding to the publication b(...)

Fr Iggy O’Donovan to be awarded Freedom of Drogheda
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 23, 2013, 01:01
Augustinian priest Fr Iggy O’Donovan is to be awarded the Freedom of Drogheda at a special ceremony tomorrow. He may be the last person to receive the(...)

In defence of grants: Protestant perspectives on schooling
- Education
- October 23, 2013, 01:00
‘We feel that Protestants are effectively being persecuted by the Labour element in Government when it comes to education, and we need the Taoiseach’s(...)

Use of ‘Polyester Protestant’ term criticised by archbishop
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 22, 2013, 00:54
The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Glendalough has criticised members who describe newcomers as “Polyester Protestants” in a fresh interve(...)

Facing up to failings in Church of Ireland’s view of the other
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 22, 2013, 00:01
In the course of a broad-ranging address to the Dublin and Glendalough Diocesan Synods on October 15th, 2013, my overall theme was: change and cons(...)