COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on an Australian report on the Church’s failure protect children from abuse and its recommendations for improved governance
Irish Catholic Church should take heed of Australian report
Second Reading
Night of the bonfires
COMMENT Fr Kevin looks at the roots of Bonfire Night, later known as St John’s Eve, and the rituals surrounding the tradition
History serves to give us sense of place and tradition
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on Westport History Society’s journal ‘Cathair na Mairt’ and the importance of history for identity
The hunt for Red Hugh
COMMENT As Spanish archaeologists search for the remains of Red Hugh O’Donnell, Kevin Hegarty unearths his story
A pandemic of the past
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the Spanish Flu pandemic that raged throughout the world in 1918 and 1919
Treasures ’neath our feet
OPINION Kevin Hegarty on the rewards of noticing the many treasures that lie close to home
An opportunity for silent reflection in a noisy world
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on how times like Lent offer us the chance to make space for quiet reflection
The kindness of strangers
COMMENT Irish people are seizing the chance to repay the incredible kindness that Native Americans showed us during the Famine
‘Forgiveness was a miracle medicine’
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on the extraordinary healing power of forgiveness, and how it must not be forgotten
Tim Robinson, laureate of landscape
COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty pays tribute to celebrated writer, cartographer and artist Tim Robinson, who died on April 3
Pope faces overt and covert opposition to reforms
OPINION Fr Kevin Hegarty on the opposition that Pope Francis has been facing when trying to introduce reform