Sr Consilio Fitzgerald, the founder of Cuan Mhuire, will be presented with the 5th Oireachtas Human Dignity Award at a ceremony in Leinster House on Thursday, 5th December. Sr Consilio is being honoured for her decades-long work with men and women suffering from addiction. Her foundation, Cuan Mhuire, provides addiction treatment services and residential rehabilitation […]
An estimated 3,500 buffalo will be killed as part of the Gadhimai Hindu festival, an animal-sacrificing event that commenced today and occurs every five years in the village of Bariyarpur, Nepal.
The ad is called “the gift that gives back”. Let us sincerely hope, for this woman’s sake, that what it gives him back is a divorce: My fellow men: If you only ever listen to one piece of advice, let it be this: Do not, under any circumstances, present your wife with an exercise bike […]
The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has had several decades of bad press, and scandals, which have resulted in widespread public alienation and falling mass attendances. Those who have kept faith with it during these hard decades cannot be accused of swimming with the cultural, or political tides. The Church in Ireland is resolutely on […]
The Labour Party has refused to condemn comments made by Councillor Pamela Kearns that babies masturbate “for pleasure”.
A new video from China shows a man being interrogated by police for criticizing the force on social media.
At least 14 people were murdered as they attended Christian services on Sunday when 10 heavily armed gunmen, suspected to be linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL, stormed the church and opened fire. President of the West African nation Roch Marc Christian Kabore confirmed on Twitter that 14 people were killed in the attack in the […]
Let’s all just make our peace with it now to save being shocked later: She’s going to get away with it. After all, it’s happened to us all, hasn’t it? You’re a trained soldier who openly admires ISIS, and you head off on your own to the territory they control, after they call all for […]
In terms of the arithmetic that governs the balance of power within Leinster House, the results of the four by-elections make little difference. The only way in which the Government can be forced into calling an early election is if Fianna Fáil support a motion of no confidence, and there was little evidence that even […]
The knifeman, who was reportedly wearing a fake suicide vest, was shot dead by police after injuring at least 12 people on London Bridge this afternoon.
Aontú has accused Sinn Féin of distributing a bogus sample ballot paper in advance of today’s by-election in Wexford.
More than 100,000 people turned out to a Thanksgiving assembly in Hong Kong, waving US flags and singing the US national anthem after President Donald Trump signed two bills supporting human rights and democracy in the territory.