The Irish Bishops’ Conference has criticised the inertia of the government in addressing concerns of the religious in Ireland – a watershed moment as up to now, the Bishops have instructed priests across the country to adhere to Government restrictions. The Bishops have collectively, publicly, called on the Government to ease the restrictions on public […]
In an astonishing revelation, it has been claimed the Vatican actively intervened to prevent the release of a statement from US Bishops which was critical of Joe Biden’s policies of abortion ahead of the President’s inauguration. This ensured that a statement from Pope Francis, widely seen as a “warm blessing” for Biden, was firstly issued and made headlines. The Pillar […]
Facebook has censored a video by a Mexican cardinal claiming world leaders are attempting to create a new world order through coronavirus restrictions.
BEN SCALLAN: Through years of propaganda, Irish people have been successfully conditioned to hate their own culture, and for some reason nobody is talking about it. #gript
Three Waterford men standing outside the doors of the city’s Most Holy Trinity cathedral were arrested on Sunday.
Freedom of expression, in a free society, is not unlimited but it should be allowed a very wide gate to run through. It is limited by other rights that belong to others – the right to a good name, to not be libelled as well as the right not to have violence incited against a […]
After thousands of people complained, RTE has now said it will remove a sketch which said God had raped the Mother of Christ from the station’s Player and apologised for broadcasting the item. More than 7,000 people had signed a petition calling for an apology started by Becky Kealy of Aontú, while the station also […]
“Every devout Catholic should at this stage be boycotting RTE and refusing to renew your TV license,” Fr. Mulligan insisted.
According to an RTE puff piece about its adult, animated satire series, Fantasy Ireland, we Irish ‘can laugh at ourselves’ and poke fun at ‘our sacred cows’. ‘No topic is off limits’. Yeah, right as we are wont to say down in Cork. The only thing that is the stuff of fantasy here is the […]
The taxpayer funded state broadcaster RTÉ has apologised after receiving 600 complaints over a supposedly humourous sketch that was aired during its New Year’s Eve countdown show. There was an outpouring of criticism of the clip and Archbishop Eamon Martin called for it to be removed from the station’s player because it accused God of […]
St. Colmán is referenced and presented in many different sources such as the Irish Annals, geneologies and martyrologies. Born around 530 AD, he is associated through Irish genealogy, with the leading ruling dynasty of Munster of the time, with the Éoganachta, centred in Cashel from the 6th – 10th centuries. Colmán is remembered as the […]
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 […]