3+ week, 2+ day ago   (343+ words) Next week marks a particularly grotesque anniversary. On August 24th, 1572, Huguenots in France were massacred in an orchestrated reign of terror, kicking off a process that would lead to the mass migration of French Calvinists to Ireland. The other day, tucked…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (429+ words) The number of Catholic baptisms on the island of Ireland fell 30 per cent in the decade to last year, according to figures published today by the conservative think tank, the Iona Institute. Using figures provided by Catholic dioceses, the group…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (327+ words) It is a four-minute ferry ride to Station Island on Lough Derg, and four minutes back, but it is two very different journeys. There is a quietness among passengers going over, and a giddiness as they return. Between late May…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (541+ words) The Christian Brothers have been the focus of a considerable amount of media attention in the last couple of weeks concerning the issue of allegations of sexual abuse of minors by a number of their members. A High Court judge…...