Bert and Ernie’s romance offers a lesson in toleranceOpinion: Reporting the Christian bakery sends the message that it is not okay to disagreeSat Jul 12 2014 - 01:00
Leah Libresco engages Catholics and atheists in ‘better fights about religion’Opinion: Personalised abuse indicates if someone says “I hate you!” they may really be in pain, she suggestsSat Jul 05 2014 - 00:01
Writing your way through the Leaving CertOpinion: Could the keyboard be mightier than the pen when it comes to exams?Sat Jun 14 2014 - 00:01
Protestant or Catholic, the short lives of these children must be given some respectOpinion: If you are small and powerless, even the most basic respect of having a marked grave may be denied youSun Jun 08 2014 - 12:01
Closure of All Hallows is a loss to third-level education as well as to churchOpinion: A significant number of its students came from families where there was no tradition of higher educationSun Jun 01 2014 - 12:01
Closure of All Hallows is a loss to third-level education as well as to churchOpinion: A significant number of its students came from families where there was no tradition of higher educationSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
#BringBackOurGirls campaign is not enough to tackle difficult issuesOpinion: Simple slogans can’t replace dialogue and hard bargainingSun May 25 2014 - 12:01
How did Jackie Kennedy come to place such trust in Fr Joseph Leonard?Opinion: Such an exchange between an elderly priest and a famous woman is hard to imagine todaySat May 17 2014 - 00:01
A significant minority of voters now feel politically homelessMany Irish voters are socially conservative, but are not particularly right-wing economically. Where is the party that represents them?Sun May 11 2014 - 12:01
Will courts be understanding when disadvantaged children are in trouble with the law?Opinion: Schools at breaking point over cuts in provision for special educational needsSun May 04 2014 - 12:01
Canonisation reflects exemplary lives of Pope John Paul II and John XXIIIOpinion: Media does not reflect complexity of papal storySat Apr 26 2014 - 00:01
Where is political outcry over cartoon attacking priests?Opinion: Tiny percentage of religious involved in abuseSat Apr 19 2014 - 00:01
Why history is a subject for the futureOpinion: Junior Cert history helps students make sense of State visitSun Apr 13 2014 - 12:01
‘Conscious uncoupling’: why it’s not always the answer to an unhappy marriageOpinion: Paltrow and Martin’s public separation is a personal tragedySat Apr 05 2014 - 01:59
Church faces two dangers on safeguarding childrenOpinion: Complacency and constant condemnation are key problemsSat Mar 29 2014 - 00:01
Surrogacy splits motherhood into bitsOpinion: Proposed legislation silent on those who use foreign commercial surrogatesSun Mar 23 2014 - 12:01
Why Pope Francis inspires usOpinion: He has washed his socks and knows the face of povertySat Mar 15 2014 - 00:01
Sex norms skewed by porn-saturated cultureHaving sex with someone who has passed out is regarded by some as a ‘grey area’Sat Mar 08 2014 - 08:28
Why Pokémon players dream of an electric saviourOpinion: Internet has not lived up to its aspirationsSat Mar 01 2014 - 00:01
Psychiatric services for young people in need require drastic overhaulOpinion: A certain percentage will always be at risk of serious mental health problemsSat Feb 22 2014 - 00:01
The savagery of online comment is coarsening all public discussionOpinion: The police tend not to know what to do about this relatively new phenomenonSat Feb 15 2014 - 00:01
Who would dare to oppose gay marriage and risk being accused of homophobiaOpinion: To describe someone as homophobic is to take their good nameSun Feb 09 2014 - 09:10
Minister’s call to cut back religion for maths doesn’t really add upOpinion: Schools in North excel despite same time given to RE as in the RepublicSun Feb 02 2014 - 12:02
No one has a clue when it comes to what is going on in educational reformOpinion: Junior Cert is currently objective, in that it is marked by people who do not know the pupilsSat Jan 25 2014 - 00:01
I will remember a man who was kind and witty and not the crass headlinesOpinion: The sordid and detailed reports added greatly to the suffering of Tom O’Gorman’s friendsSat Jan 18 2014 - 00:01
Why I was so disappointed by Mary McAleese’s comments on gay priestsOpinion: The church teaches that sexuality is ordered towards a certain goalSat Jan 11 2014 - 00:01
Christmas Day fire was a shattering blow but softened by the kindness of strangersOpinion: Community values often provide a shelter in adversity that the State cannot replicateSat Jan 04 2014 - 00:01
The people’s pope is challenging us to emerge from our comfort zonesOpinion: Everyone seems to love Francis and everyone wants to co-opt him to their own agendaSun Dec 22 2013 - 00:01
In the charity sector, let’s not punish the many for the sins of the fewOpinion: If charities are to raise money successfully, they need to professionaliseSat Dec 14 2013 - 00:01
To view ‘Forbes’ ranking as good news is to confuse the market with societyOpinion: A global economic system based on maximising profit is obviously flawedSun Dec 08 2013 - 00:01
The Minister for Education is not going the right way about implementing changeOpinion: Junior Cycle reform requires more thought and better training for teachersSun Dec 01 2013 - 00:01
Constant media scrutiny means there can be no more heroes as of oldOpinion: We are becoming more cynical but still have a need for visionary, inspiring figuresSat Nov 23 2013 - 07:03
Fundamental issues raised by review of Murphy report need to be airedOpinion: ‘Naming and shaming’ of those who dealt with complaints may have violated principles of natural justice, priests’ review arguesSat Nov 16 2013 - 00:01
A proper debate on the merits of taking children into care is long overdueOpinion: Adversarial system associated with court setting is of questionable valueSun Nov 10 2013 - 00:01
Incidents involving Roma children highlight our attitude to the dispossessedOpinion: If we condemn recent actions but fail to support integration we are being hypocriticalSat Oct 26 2013 - 00:01
Green shoots of renewed faith a sign that the church is coming back from the brinkOpinion: New emphasis on importance of lay participation the key to revivalSat Oct 19 2013 - 00:01
Latest report provides more evidence that change in law not needed to save SavitaOpinion: Hiqa identified general lack of ‘basic, fundamental care’Sat Oct 12 2013 - 07:10
Mater hospital nuns must stand up to bullying – as they have done beforeOpinion: People would support the Mercy sisters financially with any legal costsSat Oct 05 2013 - 00:01
If you want to see political reform, write it in on your ballot paperOpinion: It is a measure of how disillusisoned we are that the Government’s cynicism no longer shocks usSun Sept 29 2013 - 00:01
Pope’s compassion opens way to second look at church teachingInterview emphasises mercy, not legalismSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:30
Preventing war ‘is 60 times cheaper than fighting it’Threat of US strikes may have been averted, but war goes onSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Stakeholders in education should unite against the divide and rule strategyOpinion: Labour trying to pose as if it is no more than an interested bystanderSat Sept 07 2013 - 00:01
Ignoring a persecution, not only in Egypt, that is happening in plain sightOpinion: After Egyptian security forces cleared three sit-in camps, the reprisals were concentrated disproportionately on ChristiansSat Aug 31 2013 - 00:00
Our inability to teach basic values is at the heart of the storm over social media abuseOpinion: Sexual intimacy should be reserved for mature, committed relationshipsSat Aug 24 2013 - 00:01
Will Pope Francis’s popularity survive the discovery that he will not shun tradition?Pontiff emphasised forgiving and forgetting, but in the Google age is anything forgotten?Sun Aug 04 2013 - 01:00
Pro-choice campaigners ignoring threats to women’s lives posed by abortionAttitudes appear to be hardening to the degree that any abortion must be facilitatedSun Jul 28 2013 - 18:00
Suicide still bears a sadly lethal stigma despite our greater ease talking of itSat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
Proponents of legislation were successful because they told simple storiesWe owe the brave few so much more than we can ever repaySat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Fatally flawed legislation will not put abortion to bedAnalysis: We are now dependent on the courage of individuals to rail against abortion BillSat Jul 06 2013 - 13:00
Drinks industry strategy relies on recruiting young drinkers to their brandThe aim of sponsorship is to ‘piggyback’ on sport’s positive imagesSun Jun 30 2013 - 01:00
