The birth date of former Primate of Hungary and one of the most important Churchmen of the 20th century, the Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty fell today, March 29.

While police cited security concerns, the religious leaders say the move was "a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure".

It was estimated that more than 400 people died at Doolough

A UN peacekeeper was killed and another seriously injured when a projectile exploded in a UN position in southern Lebanon.

India has highest number of new Irish citizens

Varadkar will devise “a baseline of rights and protections that every EU member state should aspire to” and will be meeting stakeholders across Europe

MATT TREACY: Some of the imagery captured by TGA of almost deserted rural villages with derelict homes, pubs and post offices appears incongruous in a state in which we are almost force-fed how prosperous we all are. 

Presence of asylum seekers is the result of political choices

Fuel costs and carbon taxes are now becoming an enormous issue and voters can see that all the three main parties have adopted the mantle of the Greens,

Man extradicted from Scotland

Before the rapid expansion of the welfare state, most people were earning their way out of poverty. Across the world, economic growth driven by liberalisation helped pull almost one billion people out of extreme poverty from 1990 to 2010. In the USA, “The…

JASON OSBORNE: The point is that if Europe is to credibly export freedom of religion and belief to the rest of the world, it must have its own house in order.

“Nigeria faces multiple overlapping crises"

Margaret Anna Alice is one of the many contributors to the book ‘Canary in a Climate World’. In the following, she shares a preview of the chapter she wrote for the book. In this chapter, she describes how she lost her faith in “progressive” politics, which…

Decriminalisation 

GERARD CASEY on the Päivi Räsänen ’hate speech’ case: What is exhibited is the transmutation of blasphemy from an offence that originally concerned itself with the denigration of Christian beliefs into a new form of blasphemy, secular blasphemy.

"The ban on selling turf commercially was introduced at a time when the fantasy land policies of the Greens held sway."

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is to pledge continued Irish support for Ukraine’s military operations during her two-day visit to the country, her department has confirmed.

Leaders discuss plans for 80% of Syrians to leave over next three years

“Anyone who lives with animals will know that they certainly do experience pain and it would be a hard soul who would seek to dismiss it in any way.” MATT TREACY: The cruel fate of the Beagle at the hands of the animal experimenters.

The countdown is on for the first manned mission to the Moon in over 50 years, which is due to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida April 1.