"The health system must put patients’ needs first, reducing waiting time for treatment and ending the indignity of an ill person being left on a trolley for long periods."
“Evidently, many of the Western powers have an interest in seeing the violence continue, and their profits are more important than our lives” – Bishop Kientega.
Fr Oliver O’Reilly of Ballyconnell warned that, “There is an obvious cancer of evil in our midst that needs to be exorcised before someone is murdered.”
“We really do believe that the situation is not hopeless, no matter how difficult it is, and that Nora is in the hands of our loving Father in Heaven.”
“The plague that gun violence has become continues unchecked and spreads across our country.”
“Let there be no ambiguity, this is not a victimless crime.”
“I thought I’d never be able to see another thing in my life.”
Because there is no legal definition of hate crime in Irish law, such crimes aren’t systematically recorded. The immediate consequence is that victims are left exposed to continued attack.
Columban priest Fr Shay Cullen receives the 2017 Martin Buber Award in the Netherlands.
“Targeting buyers means we can reduce the demand for women and children to be coerced into selling sexual services” –Turn off the Red Light.
Thanks to the contribution of many to active nonviolence, Limerick is now a city that is beginning to sing a song of co-operation and regeneration, new vitality and effective management, artistic, sport and cultural renewal.
In contrast to the “holiness, solitude and peacefulness” of the French Marian shrine, daily lives are typically drenched with stories and images from social media, newspapers, magazines, television and films.
The “pervasive crime, gangland killings and continued threat of paramilitary violence" as well as poverty & homelessness shows "much still needs to be done to create a culture of life & prosperity for all."
86-year-old Presentation Sister pens first novel retelling the story of the remarkable Irishwoman whose legacy is still making itself felt in 23 countries around the world.
“The commandment, ‘Thou shalt not kill’ has absolute value, and concerns both the innocent and the guilty,” Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Challenges for next government include the inadequacy of some services in hospitals & disability facilities, reduced pay, child poverty, homelessness & crime levels.
Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denies clemency to Kelly Gissendaner despite papal letter.
99-page McLellan report condemns culture of secrecy and cover-up that allowed clerical abuse to remain hidden.
Clerics unharmed when presbyteries targeted by armed robbers on Saturday morning.
Poll finds that 88% of Irish men have never bought sex; just 8% say they have, but not regularly, with 4% not responding.
Workplace exploitation, the unemployed's loss of dignity and the need for good politics highlighted by Pontiff in Naples address.
Bishop McAreavey calls for law to criminalise the purchase of sex to be enacted quickly in the Republic of Ireland.
Archbishop Eamon Martin marks the opening of Prisons Week by suggesting that our prisons should be places where lives can be changed and turned around for the better.
Xaverian suggests Burundian police found suspect too quickly as “an excuse to divert the investigation”.
Solidarity statement issued after mafia boss issues death threat against Fr Luigi Ciotti.
“Justice has in some small way been done": Bishop Brendan Leahy.
"Vendetta generates further vendetta and leaves perpetrators and the community less secure.”
Huge increase in migrant women in sex trade over the last decade.
