Luis de Moya, a Catholic priest and pro-life campaigner, died in Pamplona, Spain, on November 9, aged 67 Late in his life, don Luis de Moya started to look like Superman. Christopher Reeve, that is, the Hollywood actor who starred in Superman I, II, III and IV. They both had neatly combed hair, firm jaws, […]
The author, Kilian Foley Walsh, is a writer, and former President of Young Fine Gael In early November, I wrote a column for the Sunday Times about the Government’s decision to take the country to level 5. The long and short of my argument was that the powers that be take little notice of the economic and […]
In Sweden, equality between the sexes has almost universal acceptance as a policy goal. To most outsiders, the term “gender mainstreaming” sounds like a policy of equality between the sexes — but with extra “umph”. This has also been the view of the Swedish government. What Ivar Arpi and Anna Karin Wyndhamn show in their […]
Well, look, whatever, eh, melts her butter, I suppose: British model Lottie Moss has revealed that she is pansexual. During an Instagram Q&A on Monday, Moss — who is the younger sister of supermodel Kate Moss — responded to a follower asking if she would prefer to date a woman. “I’m pansexual so I don’t […]
Mickey Harte is one of those larger than life characters who will go down in GAA folklore alongside the likes of Mick O’Dywer, Sean Boylan and Brian Cody – men who lived for those All-Ireland Sundays in the summer. Clones, Croker, Thurles, or even just an empty field, was where these master tacticians and leaders […]
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, interview Paediatrician Dr. Irwin Redlener, on his new book The Future of Us His approach is always subtle; his banter is casual and absent any pressure to respond. But when renowned pediatrician and children’s advocate Dr. Irwin Redlener casually asks […]
The village I grew up in, settled in and even managed to find a husband in is a rural village in South Offaly called Cadamstown which lies at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains. Visitors to the area come here regularly to experience its tranquility and beauty, one would never suspect that this village […]
Editor’s note: We have heard a lot about the toll Covid restrictions have taken on the wellbeing of young people. But three Maryland high school girls beat the lockdown blues by writing, illustrating and publishing an adventure story for young children. Well done, gi Here’s a sweet and delightful picture book for your little […]
March 17, 2021 will mark the centenary of the opening of Britain’s first family planning clinic at 61 Marlborough Road, Holloway, London. The Mothers’ Clinic gave poor and working-class women ready access to contraceptives for the first time. Funded by Dr Marie Stopes and her second husband, Humphrey Roe, it provided instruction in birth control and supplied […]
Famed traditional singer and much-loved Conemara composer, Tomás Mac Eoin, has won this year’s Gradam from RTÉ/Raidió na Gaeltachta in honour of a lifetime of work in conserving, promoting and celebrating the Irish language and traditional culture. Mac Eoin, from an Bóthar Buí in Conemara, is also an actor and a poet, and his command of […]
The Spanish philosopher Leonardo Polo (1926-2013) is not well known in the English-speaking world, and even if he were, his work is challenging for the lay reader. However, his ideas on what it means to be a free human being have inspired many students of philosophy, including Dutch university teacher Daniel Bernardus, who has, in this challenging year […]
Saolaíodh Naomh Odhrán i gceantar ina bhfuil Co. na Mí sa lá atá inniu ann, ar deireadh an 5ú haois. Ba de shliocht Chonall Gulban, rí Gaelach, a bhunaigh ríocht Thír Chonaill sa 5ú haois. Tá Gulban thar a bheith tábhachtach i stair Chríostaíocht na hÉireann mar gurb é an chéad uasal in Éirinn a […]