The beginning of the fall of the Catholic Church in Ireland
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s life and career came apart 30 years ago today
Dublin to host St Brigid’s Day events, celebrating the original Brigit
Tuesday’s celebrations include tours, lectures and a concert - but no bank holiday yet
Breaking the silence: The untold stories of mother and baby homes
An event at the National Concert Hall aims to give a voice to survivors and catalyse change
Sinéad O’Connor: ‘Nobody wants females running the world’
The Dubliner talks about her searing new memoir on the Irish Times Women’s Podcast
The battle for Irish babies’ souls: ‘It ruined two lives, hers and mine’
‘Illegitimate’ babies of the 20th century were seen as property of churches
Homeschool 2.0: Our guide to the best distance learning tools
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Paddy Holohan: ‘MMA was a liferaft to grab onto’
The former MMA fighter talks about his upbringing, martial arts and becoming a politician
The priest who filmed inside a Dublin Magdalene Laundry
Fr Jack Delaney made rare films depicting Irish life before the advent of television
Jennifer O’Connell: It was not just in Gilead that women were stripped of their names
It is time we remembered all Josephs and Marys whose dignity, freedom and lives were stolen
Funeral of emigrant who died alone: Joseph Tuohy ‘ashamed of his existence’
Hundreds gather for Irish man who was separated from his mother at five years of age
Ireland’s Got Talent finalist Sharyn Ward wins annual Traveller award
The Traveller Pride Awards are co-ordinated by the Irish Traveller Movement
State must allow institutionalised people access to personal files
Silencing of survivors of historical abuse by those in power has now lasted decades
Pope Francis to visit the Dublin street where John Paul failed to stop
Former pontiff sped through area ‘faster than a joyrider’
World Meeting of Families welcoming to all, says Archbishop Martin
Prelate accepts responsibility for removal of same-sex pictures in booklets for gathering
Councillors voice opposition to sale of Magdalene site to hotel chain
Dublin City Council says €14m sale is ‘once-off opportunity’ to develop inner-city area
Tuam babies campaigners call for full excavation of site
Family of 796 babies buried at Mother and Baby Home demand exhumation, DNA tests
Grace Dyas: The dirty secrets of a Dublin Magdalene laundry
Her new play deals with a search at a Magdalene laundry, but is also a metaphor for things we hope will never surface
Meeting to be held over sale of Magdalene laundry to hotel group
‘All memory of what occurred in this place will be erased’ if building sold, says councillor
Groups of garments go local and global
Patricia Cronin’s installation ‘Shrine for Girls’ and a new film, ‘Leisure with Dignity’, by Anne Maree Barry
A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes
From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'
Breda O’Brien: Fallen men never toiled in a laundry
Tuam scandal shows the vice most characteristic of any age is often dressed up as virtue
The life-long prisoners of State-funded, church-run institutions
Many women were born in State homes then sent to industrial schools and laundries
State accused of ignoring abuse victims as memorial plans stall
Abuse survivor criticises Government on lack of movement on planned memorial in Dublin
Prime Cork development sites could make €30m
Assets were part of Project Clear portfolio which was sold by Ulster Bank for €503m
Rite & Reason: Death of an inspirational Magdalene survivor
One humble woman helped spark a successful political campaign for redress
TDs asked to ensure Magdalene women get healthcare card
Group says judge’s recommendation on HAA card not included in Bill coming before Dáil
Vatican misled UN committee on compensation to Magdalene women
Submission was so inaccurate, Alan Shatter wrote to Rome seeking clarification
Sisters of Charity seek to halt action for damages citing no record of alleged rapist
Woman says she was raped by a groundsman employed in Magdalene Laundry
Younger Magdalene survivor to seek compensation for loss of right to education
Maureen Sullivan was put in a laundry at 12
Rethinking Dublin’s north inner city
A group of design students have taken a look at some unused historic buildings north of the Liffey, and imagined how they might be repurposed
Magdalene advocacy group ends political campaign
Justice for Magdalenes has ‘achieved all that it can’ through political lobbying
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