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<p>Billy and Maureen Lehane outside the Church of the Annunciation in Blackpool on their wedding day in 1954, and photographed again on the same step on their 70th wedding anniversary this weekend.</p>

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'There was nobody else for us': Cork couple celebrates 70 years of marriage

Billy and Maureen Lehane celebrated their platinum anniversary with a Mass in the church where they were wed in 1954

<p>Some 300 people attended when funeral director Rory Healy went on social media and asked locals in Carlow to attend Mary Regan's funeral. Picture: RIP.ie</p>

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'Mary Regan got her wish: She came home and is back with her people'

<p>A spokesperson for the Irish Prison Service told the Irish Examiner that the work is due to commence on December 3, but sources in Mountjoy Prison confirmed it is already closed for the construction works. File photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie</p>

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Closure of Mountjoy Prison chapel a suppression of prisoners' religious rights, says bishop

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SJennifer Horgan: We ignore ‘small things’ causing psychological harm in schools

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Sarah Harte: The small things that went ignored were our biggest issues in the past

Tour of St Bernadette's relics 'exceeds expectations' of clergy across the country

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Tour of St Bernadette's relics 'exceeds expectations' of clergy across the country

Large crowds and a 'minor miracle' greet the relics of St Bernadette as they arrive in Cork

Large crowds and a 'minor miracle' greet the relics of St Bernadette as they arrive in Cork

Irish Catholics are devoted to St Bernadette, with generations of women named for her. Now a pilgrimage of her relics nears its end, having arrived in Cork before moving on to Clonakilty

Wed, 30 Oct, 2024

Alfred Smith Dinner

Gareth O'Callaghan: Catholics and Republicans slowly becoming joined at the hip

The historic Al Smith black tie dinner is an event held annually at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel to raise funds for Catholic children’s charities in the New York archdiocese

Sat, 26 Oct, 2024

TP O'Mahony: Will the Catholic Church ever have a female Pope?

TP O'Mahony: Will the Catholic Church ever have a female Pope?

Churches across the Western world are growing more empty and vocations have all but dried up as a question looms ever more urgently: ‘What place for women in the Church?’

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

Cork to host relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes for two days at the end of the month

Cork to host relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes for two days at the end of the month

A shrine to St Bernadette at Lourdes attracts huge numbers of pilgrims every year

Mon, 21 Oct, 2024

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Colm O'Connor: Religion classes are an issue of human rights, not school management

Thousands of schools deny the religious rights of parents and students on a daily basis

Sun, 20 Oct, 2024

FILE PHOTO Minister for Children Roderick O'Gorman is under pressure, after the Dail last night voted to pass a bill which has r

Clodagh Finn: Protect and release our archived personal histories

New legislation makes it a criminal offence to destroy, alter or remove records of survivors of institutional abuse. It also focuses on the importance of such documents — and the need to preserve them

Sat, 19 Oct, 2024

Taoiseach visit to Washington DC

Taoiseach rejects 'absurd' claim US trip is waste of taxpayers' money

Simon Harris also defends decision to deploy his politically-appointed adviser into the Oval Office in Washington to take social media footage

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates Mass At Nationals Stadium

S Gareth O'Callaghan: Priests are having affairs — is it really such a shocking fact?

I have never seen any sense in the vow of celibacy. It has always struck me as biologically and emotionally unnatural. So why won’t the Catholic Church allow its priests to marry?

Sun, 06 Oct, 2024

'Romeo and Juliet': Vatican bank reportedly fires couple who flouted staff marriage ban

'Romeo and Juliet': Vatican bank reportedly fires couple who flouted staff marriage ban

Newlyweds nicknamed ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Italian media had both refused to resign so other could keep job

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Sarah Harte: The Catholic Church can still act as a lifeboat to the disenchanted

Sarah Harte: The Catholic Church can still act as a lifeboat to the disenchanted

The international image of the Roman Catholic Church remains one of a powerful, authoritarian, conservative, patriarchal, wealthy, and corrupt organisation that has presided over systematic sexual abuse, covered it up and sought to avoid paying for redress.

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Cabinet meeting

Decision to drop hate speech legislation a 'missed opportunity'

Move raises important concerns for minorities and minoritised groups in the country, warns race relations consultant

Tue, 01 Oct, 2024

FILE PHOTO An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a 179-unit apartment development on the site of the Bessborough

Irish Examiner view: The Disappeared — What lies beneath must be brought into the light

Work is accelerating to create the first global open-source mass-graves map

Sat, 21 Sep, 2024

Donald Trump,Elon Musk

S Jennifer Horgan: Masters of misdirection Trump and Musk are laughing at our stupidity

We are blinded by memes and not facing the harsh reality: a convicted felon is going for re-election who will try to succeed by any means

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: The Church is damaged by the sins of the past

Irish Examiner view: The Church is damaged by the sins of the past

Proposed pastoral centre at bishop's palace dubious

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Cork diocese to sell historic bishop's palace to fund build of new pastoral centre

Cork diocese to sell historic bishop's palace to fund build of new pastoral centre

The proposed new Cork and Ross Pastoral Centre will bring all diocesan functions under one roof

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Missal in a church

Rural Ireland Thinks poll: One in four do not consider themselves as religious

'Rural' Ireland accounts for 33.4% of the country, according to the survey

Wed, 18 Sep, 2024

Has the Catholic Church become too Pope-centric?

Has the Catholic Church become too Pope-centric?

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the cult of papal personality is not going away anytime soon

Wed, 18 Sep, 2024

Childhood problems - Child abuse

S Gareth O'Callaghan: Our schools were never a haven, but instead a living hell

Schools were never havens. For all those victims of child abuse they were the closest thing to a living hell imaginable

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

Blackrock College abuse

S Jennifer Horgan: State's ‘diabolical intelligence’ in dealing with abuse persists

THEY say time heals, but time can also warp and deceive. It flies, but it can also stand still. It can keep repeating.

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Boy Behind Glass Door

S Fergus Finlay: The next steps the government must take to help abused children

Not a single organisation has said they want to put all of the wealth at their disposal into helping people who have been traumatised and abused. And they won’t.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2024

Gardaí contacted more than 160 times since historical abuse appeal launched

Gardaí contacted more than 160 times since historical abuse appeal launched

Due to the number and the extent of the allegations made made, gardaí are now examining at the possibility that peadophile rings were involved

Sat, 07 Sep, 2024

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S Paul Hosford: Inquiry into abuse in religious-run schools leaves bike shed in the ha’penny place

A redress scheme for sexual abuse at religious-run schools could run to hundreds of millions, if not billions

Sat, 07 Sep, 2024

Law must respond properly to sexual abuse of children in Catholic schools

Law must respond properly to sexual abuse of children in Catholic schools

If it can be shown to the High Court that the assets of the Church are suspected to be the product of criminal activity, it may guarantee sufficient funds become available for redress

Sat, 07 Sep, 2024

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S Jennifer Horgan: Blowing a loud horn can make us tone-deaf to what's really going on

Why do people grossly oversimplify how humans respond to complex feelings of grief, sadness, vulnerability, and despair, asks Jennifer Horgan

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

New Year's Mass

Former archbishop fears numbers abused in schools 'underestimated and probably higher'

A total of 2,395 allegations were made against 884 teachers

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Investigation into claims of organised paedophile rings preying on school children

Investigation into claims of organised paedophile rings preying on school children

Gardaí investigate accusations that organised paedophile rings were preying on schoolchildren

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Saint Augustine

Inquiry recommends redress scheme to aid survivors of sexual abuse at religious schools

The redress scheme is just one of a number of recommendations set out in the Scoping Inquiry report

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse at schools

'Moral obligation' on religious orders to contribute to redress scheme, says Foley

A redress scheme has not yet been agreed, but Education Minister Norma Foley said that religious orders should be prepared to pay part of the bill

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Twelfth of July parades

S Fergus Finlay: The political vacuum that exists in Northern Ireland is quite puzzling

It’s as if Northern Ireland has stopped mattering, even to the people who live there. Never mind what are they fighting about — what are they fighting for?

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Clodagh Finn: The Irish nun whose ‘escape’ divided Australia

Clodagh Finn: The Irish nun whose ‘escape’ divided Australia

If it were a film, the publicity might include an unlikely collection of taglines about a nun running barefoot from a convent in the dead of night, a charge of lunacy, a court case to prove the woman sane and her subsequent court case against a bishop

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024

Refugees unable to move on from centre due to lack of accommodation

Refugees unable to move on from centre due to lack of accommodation

Inspection report by Hiqa found 80% of residents at Mosney had received refugee or subsidiary protection status but had nowhere else to go

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

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S Jennifer Horgan: How come Hollywood kills off mothers so fathers can shine?

The underlying message in these films is that while the death of the mother is tough, it makes you stronger. It is anti-socialist messaging at its most manipulative

Fri, 09 Aug, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Collective amnesia at litany of sex abuse leaves victims’ stories buried

S Jennifer Horgan: Collective amnesia at litany of sex abuse leaves victims’ stories buried

Despite talk of disinterment, maybe we should ought to leave Eamonn Casey’s remains in the cathedral in Galway as a reminder of how many people helped put him there

Fri, 02 Aug, 2024

Clodagh Finn: The system has failed Lavinia Kerwick — yet again

S Clodagh Finn: The system has failed Lavinia Kerwick — yet again

It’s a stain on all of our services that Lavinia Kerwick’s experience is actually true

Sat, 27 Jul, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Fitting tribute to Irish soldier who died a hero in Lebanon

Letters to the Editor: Fitting tribute to Irish soldier who died a hero in Lebanon

During an Israeli air strike on C Company’s HQ in 1999, Pte Billy Kedian got his men to safety but was mortally wounded himself

Sat, 27 Jul, 2024

The moon is pictured with the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower ahead the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris

Irish Examiner view: Olympics a chance to unite a divided world

For France, the Games offer a much-needed opportunity for joie de vivre after a snap election in which the far right was narrowly defeated

Fri, 26 Jul, 2024

Disgraced Bishop Eamon Casey was a 'sexual predator', according to new RTÉ documentary

Disgraced Bishop Eamon Casey was a 'sexual predator', according to new RTÉ documentary

The documentary will reveal how the Church received four separate complaints of childhood sexual abuse against Bishop Casey, along with one further 'child safeguarding concern'

Mon, 22 Jul, 2024

Terry Prone: Eamonn Casey — Man of the people with life of lies and sex crimes

S Terry Prone: Eamonn Casey — Man of the people with life of lies and sex crimes

A new documentary focuses on the worst of Casey: child abuse. But it also strips away the last remnants of a once-golden reputation

Sun, 21 Jul, 2024

Sarah Harte: Aged 21, I was traumatised by my arrest in the Middle East

Sarah Harte: Aged 21, I was traumatised by my arrest in the Middle East

Not wanting to minimise Tori Towey's nightmare, aspects of her experience have chimed with me. Because I too have run afoul of state/religious authorities in the Middle East

Wed, 17 Jul, 2024

Caught in a time warp: Priest's petty gesture to refuse communion to politician

Caught in a time warp: Priest's petty gesture to refuse communion to politician

People have the right to oppose abortion but the Church no longer holds the sway it used to over our society

Mon, 15 Jul, 2024

Cork TD ‘taken aback’ by priest's refusal to give communion at funeral

Cork TD ‘taken aback’ by priest's refusal to give communion at funeral

The priest told Mr Burke that he had refused to give him communion because of the TD's support for abortion during the repealing of the Eight Amendment

Mon, 15 Jul, 2024

Clodagh Finn: Bridget Coll — nun, lesbian, law-changer, and militant

S Clodagh Finn: Bridget Coll — nun, lesbian, law-changer, and militant

Her story reads like fiction — a thriller even — just as the many words used to describe her don’t seem to fit together: nun, lesbian, teacher, militant, law-changer, even 'home-wrecker'

Sat, 29 Jun, 2024

Verbal aggression, physical harassment and protest: workers facing rising levels of abuse

Verbal aggression, physical harassment and protest: workers facing rising levels of abuse

There has been a concerning rise in harassment, abuse, and violence within society, often directed at individuals based on their nationality, sexual orientation, or place of employment.

Thu, 27 Jun, 2024

Removal of faith from schools is moving at a snail's pace

Removal of faith from schools is moving at a snail's pace

Three primary schools, formerly under the patronage of the Catholic Church, are to reopen this September as multi-denominational Community National Schools

Mon, 24 Jun, 2024