The Irish Times

Hong Kong mortuaries fill up as Covid cases surge

Bodies are also piling up at hospitals as the territory reports 34,466 new cases on Monday

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 18:20

‘I am 35 and I can’t marry. Who would accept me? I have nothing’

New to the Parish: Hayder Jaafar, originally from Iraq, arrived in Ireland in 2018

Tue Nov 02 2021 - 06:00

Cyprus grapples with highest number of asylum seekers per capita in EU

‘When you meet a Cypriot the first thing they say is, “I’m not a racist” – but their actions say differently’

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 15:29

Value of church-owned lands and property in Ireland estimated at billions

Net assets of one religious congregation found to be more than €1 billion in 2009

Tue Aug 31 2021 - 06:00

Organised religion has role to play in international diplomacy

Human rights and climate change are shared values with the secular world

Tue Jun 08 2021 - 01:00

Moral clarity of young people on climate crisis is a beacon for society

Noteworthy harmony between some of the oldest sources of wisdom in our society and some of the youngest

Tue Sept 29 2020 - 01:00

EU unveils plan to overhaul migration

Bid to break deadlock between countries over how to manage arrivals into the bloc criticised as pandering to anti-immigration governments

Wed Sept 23 2020 - 18:54

Covid-19 pandemic ‘has profoundly changed Trócaire’s work,’ says chief executive

People in poverty ‘unable to take preventative measures such as hand washing, social distancing and remote working’

Mon Sept 14 2020 - 21:47

Calculated grades process: Agent of warped bias or great leveller?

Schools of different types experience varied effects of 2020 Leaving Cert replacement

Mon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00

Sudden closure of Sisters of Charity homes take staff, residents, and nuns by surprise

Anxiety at moving elderly residents during pandemic and no redundancy for staff

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 21:36

Labour Court rules Sisters of Charity-owned firm should pay staff public service-scale redundancy

‘Wealthy institutions should not hide behind complex company structures to avoid their responsibilities’ claim INMO

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 19:30

No money to pay redundancy to nursing home staff – Sisters of Charity

Congregation has begun moving elderly residents out of three homes since early July

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 02:00

Injustice of low-wage poverty exposed by Covid-19

Value of cleaners, and supermarket and shop workers now glaringly obvious

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 01:00

In a Word . . . Charity

Sat Nov 30 2019 - 00:01

Mies van der Rohe prize: My time on the road as a judge visiting the finalists

Imaginative renovation and transformation was a recurring theme while visiting these contemporary architectural gems

Sat May 04 2019 - 05:00

Church and state divided: Ireland must learn from Britain's Catholic experience

Catholicism can thrive as a minority faith free of state and helping the needy

Tue Mar 26 2019 - 01:00

Cyclone Idai: Those who do least to cause climate change suffer the most

They have fewer resources to prepare for the storms or to survive their effects

Sat Mar 23 2019 - 06:00

Bishops' Conference to divest from fossil fuels in line with papal pledge

The leading Irish Catholic charity to withdraw investment in oil companies to fight climate change

Fri Aug 24 2018 - 11:02

Migrants not welcome in Menton as French force them back to Italy

France’s riot police search trains crossing border and return migrants to Ventimiglia

Sat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00

What will I miss about Ireland back home in Kenya? Flahavan’s porridge, Barry’s tea

New to the Parish: Caroline Munyi arrived from Kenya in 2007

Wed Feb 28 2018 - 06:00

Germany’s ambiguous abortion laws rankle with all sides

The country’s vague regulations are stirring tensions with both camps seeking change

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00

Vienna New Year’s baby greeted with stream of online hate

Racist internet comments prompt charity worker to spread positive message

Fri Jan 05 2018 - 09:36

Presentation Sisters go green as part of move against fossil fuels

Catholic church explores how investments can promote solutions to climate crisis

Fri Nov 17 2017 - 17:44

Why is a valuable alternative to the Leaving Cert being neglected?

Numbers completing the Leaving Cert Applied are falling due to stigma, say teachers

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 16:43

Pope Paul’s views on development 50 years ago important today

Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00

Trump’s wall: In Central America, migrants are undeterred

US is still a magnet for the many trying to escape crime and violence at home

Mon Dec 19 2016 - 01:00

In a Word . . . charity

Charity will always be needed even though we have recently become suspicious of it

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 00:00

Pope Francis to lead prayers for peace in Syria and Middle East

Ecumenical commemorations are part of marking the anniversary of the Reformation

Tue Oct 25 2016 - 19:09

Yemeni refugees find safety and hope at school in Djibouti

Education drive at camp in the tiny African state is impoving lives of those who fled war

Sat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00

Calais orders up to 1,000 residents of Jungle camp to leave

‘I find it extremely annoying and unfair to move people away from what they created’

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 13:45

Pope urges young Kenyans to resist ‘sugar of corruption’

Spirit of evil takes us to lack of unity and to destruction out of fanaticism, says pontiff

Fri Nov 27 2015 - 17:21

France may play more assertive role in migrant crisis

Prime minister Valls and EU officials to visit Calais, including Jules Ferry camp

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00

Surviving life in the ‘New Jungle’ in Calais

Desperate people are taking enormous risks to try to get into Britain from France

Sat Aug 08 2015 - 01:00

‘Mastermind’ winner Aidan McQuade leads fight against slavery

Armagh-born director of Anti-Slavery International is working to end forced labour

Mon Jun 01 2015 - 01:00