Mark Lawlor’s violent death is likely to elicit recommendations on how better to do things in the future but there have been many before, and the future looks no better

One reader says Israel is trying to minimise civilian casualties, while others consider the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, West Bank settlements, and the threat hanging over Lebanon

Retired commandant Ray Cawley asks what happened the footage sent each day to RTÉ by Tom McSweeney

Readers respond to the former president's comments about the Catholic Church, while others reflect on remarks made by President Michael D Higgins about Israel's actions in Gaza

A reader responds to Tony Holohan's remarks on 'The Meaning of Life', while others examine issues including elder abuse, the attacks on Israel and Gaza, and Catholic Church reform

One reader challenges Mary McAleese's comments about the Catholic Church, while others consider issues including the conflict in the Middle East

Dr Mary McAleese was speaking on Friday at an alternative synod in Rome

Sunday and a stroll around the city. In the words of one of my research assistants, the vibe is good. On the stroll last weekend, though, I made a particular note as we wandered off Patrick Street at one stage.

Irish Examiner readers write about opiods, passion for GAA, and same-sex unions

The pontiff's new encyclical, 'Laudate Deum' is an unapologetic attempt to influence the COP28 climate negotiations being hosted by the United Arab Emirates

Why does a luxury hotel in Italy have a fresco which features an Irish nun who was hunted down by Cromwellian forces in the west of Ireland?

At a recent trade show in Dublin, Alison O’Reilly learned about all aspects of Irish funerals, from aquamation to makeup artistry, with a particular emphasis now being paid to the environmental impact the ceremony can have

Catholic bishops have collectively urged Oireachtas members to reject the legalisation of assisted suicide, claiming it is an "abdication of the responsibility of society" to support terminally ill people.

Micheál Martin in 'frank exchange' of views with Israeli prime minister

Man claimed at Workplace Relations Commission the school failed to allow his daughter attend another class while religion was being taught

Mårten Schultz explains why Sweden’s freedom of expression legislation meant police didn’t intervene when copies of the Quran were burned there in recent months

ISABELLA Honan died in August, 110 years ago. Her family’s crypt in St Finbarre’s cemetery in Cork, where she was laid to rest, has recently undergone a splendid restoration.

It makes a villain out of no one, but would, I suspect, be genuinely inspiring to a lot of girls and younger women — and boys too

AS 1992 dawned it was evident that the moral monopoly which the Catholic Church had enjoyed since the foundation of the State in 1922 was seriously weakened.

Taken in 1950 as a newborn baby from a family he has never known, Joe Ryan endured an horrifically cruel childhood and was denied the sacraments because of his origins

We are fishing in Biscay at this moment and I read Cormac Burke’s excellent opinion piece (Desperation is turning to anger in Ireland’s fishing industry, Irish Examiner August 7) with a heavy heart.

A preliminary trial hearing gets underway on Thursday of the man charged with the murder of a Cork bishop in the US.

We no longer live in a nasty, narrow theocracy but nor are we anywhere near a universal model of healthcare

The highly acclaimed movie Oppenheimer has piqued interest in a new generation pertaining to the start of the Atomic Age and Nuclear Arms Race.

All religions have the idea of pilgrimage at their core to help followers achieve personal redemption, writes Tony Flannery

Another icon of Irish music and song has cast off her mortal coils.

Since 2012, multi-denominational enrolments have continued to rise steadily

Here are some of my recent diary entries.  One: RTÉ spent nearly €5,000 on party flip-flops. Two: The minimum payment for women who spent time in mother and baby ‘homes’ is €5,000.

A 67-year-old man who used a fishing device to pull money from a church donation box in Cork city has been given a ten-month suspended jail term. Charles Nolan admitted two counts of theft. He has had a number of similar convictions in the past.

Irish people are moving forward and simultaneously back to a pantheistic way of being in the world.

Shein just wants to polish up its own lousy reputation by throwing money at influencers

This week, the Minister for Children advertised for people to serve on the Advisory Board of Authorised Intervention, Tuam.

Ireland is an “accepting and welcoming country” generally but still has “disappointing attitudes” toward members of the Traveller and Roma communities, a new Government report has said.

The revelations contained in the Ryan Report sparked outrage and offers of aid 14 years ago, but society now seems to have moved on, writes Mick Clifford.

As demand for their food aid surges, and in the aftermath of one of their 'hardest' nights, ALISON O'REILLY spent an evening on the streets of Dublin with the Muslim Sisters of Éire

Currently, there are just two men studying for the priesthood in the diocese of Cork & Ross but it will be 2029 before they will be ordained.

Martin Luther King once said that “there are some things so dear, some things so precious, some things so eternally true, that they are worth dying for.” There are people in Iran today who believe that to be true

One reader muses about secularism while others address issues ranging from the falling burglary rate to professional sport — and another offers wholehearted praise for an Irish library

The procession marking the feast of Corpus Christi has been part of Cork City’s Catholic heritage for almost a century

Does a decline in Roman Catholic Church member numbers necessarily mean a decline in faith?

The story of six nuns and former nuns paints a heartbreaking picture of a repressive and damaging regime which emphasised self-sacrifice and unquestioning obedience, writes Karen Hanrahan

A casual remark by his brother inspires one reader to spell out a stark warning about climate action  

There has been a significant decrease in the number of people identifying as Roman Catholic, according to the 2022 Census, falling from 79% of the population in 2016 to 69%. In real terms, this was a fall of 180,783 people, to 3. 51 million.

Religious orders, their leaders, and lay Catholic bodies have effectively been shamed into having the negotiations at all