Living in Milwaukee with a Mayo granny automatically makes you Irish. Living here doesn’t
We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to Ireland
Desmond Tutu
Mary Robinson: ‘The Princess Latifa episode wasn’t my finest moment, to say the least ... it was a big mistake’
The former president, now 80, talks about pushing past shyness, how she was ‘bullied’ into a documentary about her life, and her fears for the US and climate change
A truth and reconciliation commission in Northern Ireland would require a high level of mutual trust
Requirements for reconciliation are the three fundamental principles of confession, the offer of reparation and forgiveness
Why are our churches focused on institutional decline when humanity faces an existential crisis?
Rite & Reason: The Irish churches are stuck in a sectarian time warp while the existential current and future needs of Ireland and the world go mostly unaddressed.
Thinking Anew: Cocktail of different faiths and culture binds Christians together
Pentecost invites us to reach beyond ourselves and embrace diversity in every community
Opposing injustice, racism, exploitation and oppression is a spiritual imperative
Desmond Tutu believed that to treat any individual as a lesser being is to spit in the face of God
Bono receives major US award for work tackling poverty, injustice
U2 singer awarded Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
Desmond Tutu: Cape Town turns purple in tribute to peacemaker
Table Mountain and town hall lit up in honour of South Africa’s moral conscience
Desmond Tutu in Ireland: Cheering the Dubs and . . . pints of plain
Humanitarian ‘was just a very engaging, conversational, good-humoured sort of man’
Belfast could teach world about how to co-exist peacefully, says Geldof
City chosen to host One Young World Summit of youth leaders in 2023
Sporting Controversies: Rugby’s relationship with apartheid all there in black and white
The IRFU’s role in the sport’s dealings with with South Africa is not one to be proud of
Finding the divine in every moment: Epiphany and the meaning of life
Revelations can come to us in an instant and alter entire course of our existence
Rugby tour to apartheid South Africa in 1989 branded ‘obscene’
Government and public condemnation forced rugby body to apologise and vow never to play in the country while apartheid laws remained
Ethiopian PM’s Nobel Peace Prize draws ire of Eritrean protesters
Abiy Ahmed accused of whitewashing crimes of neighbouring dictator Isaias Afwerki
Are Church of Ireland bishops about to fail their vast middle ground?
The General Synod and not Gafcon decides the policy and doctrine of the Church of Ireland
Where does this bile against Meghan Markle come from?
Tanya Sweeney: The latest kerfuffle is around a €16 pair of H&M dungarees the Royal’s baby son Archie wore
‘Make climate change personal in your life’, Mary Robinson urges
Former president outlines three steps all can take to alter climate change direction
Oxfam working hard to regain trust following sex scandal, says director
Winnie Byanyima describes ‘tough time’ as charity accused of covering up exploitation
Mary Robinson chosen to be new chair of ‘The Elders’
Peace and rights advocacy group previously headed by Kofi Annan and Desmond Tutu
Siya Kolisi and South Africa speaking to the hope of 1995
Mandela didn’t lead South African rugby to the mountain top, he gave a glimpse of it
The Irish Times view on Myanmar: the world must act
Aung San Suu Kyi must be held accountable for the crimes of the state she leads
Nakhane: ‘I came out three months before my first album’
Being openly gay has been a battle for the South African singer and actor, and his role in ‘The Wound’, about forbidden desires in the Xhosa tribe, is close to the bone
Former Oxfam official hits out at ‘lies and exaggerations’
Roland van Hauwermeiren resigned amid claims he used sex workers
‘Migrants from Norway to US would be Trump’s worst nightmare’
Irish people living in Oslo share their perspective on Trump’s ‘sh**hole’ comments, and the reaction in Norway
Celebrity role seems to be enough for Branson these days
Cantillon: Entrepreneur not revealing too many insights despite his busy schedule in Dublin
Branson advises entrepreneurs to quickly ‘put themselves out of business’
Virgin Group boss tells Pendulum Summit businesspeople should aim to pass on mantle
Myanmar’s Rohingya: how years of strife grew into a crisis
Violence against Muslim ethnic group part of ‘longstanding pattern’ of abuse and discrimination’
UN sees ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar
More than 270,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks
Group founded by Nelson Mandela to promote 52 grassroots organisations
Supporting community organisations was response to growth of xenophobia, nationalism and populism
Corrib gas timeline: 20 years of protests and controversy
Shell sells stake marking milestone in project beset by problems and court cases
Obituary: Ahmed Kathrada
South African freedom fighter spent 18 years in prison with the late South African president Nelson Mandela
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