Occasional Scribbles

Maybe it is that it is there somewhere and this writer cannot find it. But is the decree on the remission of excommunication latae sententia...

It's sometimes easy to get the impression that the civil authorities in Ireland treat citizens in a most disrespectful manner. Anyone ...

The article below appears in Tuesday's Irish Times. The archbishop makes some interesting comments. The teaching of religion in our sch...

Bus and rail fares have increased by 10 per cent since January 1. That means a monthly return fare from Tralee to Dublin is now €81.50 and a...

Cardinal Sean Brady has rejected calls for the resignation of Bishop John Magee. The archbishop said in Killarney yesterday that he knows Jo...

On December 10 this blog began a snooze period. The snooze is about to end and the blog is due to be back in publication some time next week...

This blog is taking a rest

Fr Michael O'Leary, a priest of the Kerry diocese, died last evening. Fr Michael, a native of Castlegregory in West Kerry, was in his 90...

From time to time there is an opinion expressed within church circles that the media do not give a fair hearing to church issues. Print, TV ...

The article below appears in today's Irish Times. It makes for an interesting read. MAURICE MANNING RITE AND REASON: TP O'MAHONY is ...

Below is a report in today's Irish Times. How come people who are at the vanguard of speaking out against abortion say so little when it...

According to a report in today's Irish Times the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin has paid out to date more than €12.4 million in claims ...

There is an appreci-ation of Austin Flannery in today's Irish Times. But it seems it is not on their digital version, so this blog is un...

Anyone who visits the German Historical Museum on Berlin's Unter den Linden has to be struck with some of the similarities between the ...

A break from the serious world for a few moments. This blog makes great effort to write all its material in the third person. An interlude t...

The article below appears in yesterday's issue of The Irish Times . The heading, Church defends Vatican, is amazingly odd. Something aki...

Imitation is said to be the best form of flattery. Then again copying is simply plagiarism . The website 'Clerical Whispers' has an...

Fr Austin Flannery OP died of a heart attack today at Kiltipper Woods Care Centre, Dublin 24. Austin was born in Tipperary on January 1, 1...

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan addressed a conference at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on world hunger organised by Concern Worldwid...

A leading Catholic bishop in Africa says he'd obviously vote for the Democrat. The National Catholic Reporter describes Bishop Onaiyeka...

On Tuesday in 'The Rite and Reason' column of The Irish Times , Fr David Keating, chaplain at Waterford IT argues that there is no n...

Beckett's Happy Days , at present running in the Abbey Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre festival, is superb. Fiona Shaw leaves you ...

Mix of rail and politics. Third pic down.

OPINION: The events of recent times require us all to reconsider the economic choices facing us, writes DAVID BEGG FOR THE last 25 years we ...

This article is in today's Irish Times. The author of this blog was at university in Cork with Fiona Shaw and has the distinction of giv...

On Tuesday, September 23 this blog contacted the Holy Faith Sisters asking them if they had made any comment on the late Eileen Flynn-Roche ...

Eighteen years ago this Friday the two German states were united. October 3 is a public holiday in Germany to celebrate the date of unificat...

Baader Meinhof film to be released this week in Germany.

Interesting article below appears in today's Irish Times. Anti-GM and anti-nuclear advocates need to be challenged DR WILLIAM REVILLE UN...

Since her untimely death of Eileen Flynn-Roche this blog has made two comments on the events that led up to the sacking. It has made referen...

Over the last few days Ryanair has made changes to its schedules. It is notifying passengers that flight times have been changed. Ryanair ...