Vax of life – Frank McNally revisits Raftery and the disease that robbed him of his sight

Alice Leahy receives international human rights award for her work

‘An extraordinary nurse-led service that offers respite, shelter, recognition’ to homeless

Church ethics permeate private not public hospitals

Controversy about ethical codes overstates church influence in healthcare

Health Board: upcoming conferences, talks, campaigns and events

The Irish Kidney Association’s Run for a Life family fun run aims to raise awareness about the life-saving importance of organ donation and transplantation

Breda O’Brien: Surrogacy is a dystopian reality

Horrors in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ reflect how surrogacy sees women as walking wombs

Catholic Church’s influence over Irish hospital medicine persists

Nuns sit on St Vincent’s board of directors and doctors must sign contracts promising adherence to hospital ethos

New catechism intended as ‘call to renewal of faith’

Brady launches first catechism for adults in Ireland

Positive contribution of senior religious must be recognised

Scandalous atrocities of minority have ‘tainted everything’

Mater hospital nuns must stand up to bullying – as they have done before

Opinion: People would support the Mercy sisters financially with any legal costs

Children of the diaspora come back to spread the gospel in Ireland

Cardinal, papal nuncio and two bishops welcome newly-arrived nuns to Drogheda

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Magdalene nuns refusing payment had assets of €1.5bn

Most of the assets comprise property and buildings