Ireland News » Dublin News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Baptisms in Ireland see dramatic drop of 30% in a decade
Baptisms in the Catholic Church in Ireland have fallen by almost a third since 2015, with just one Irish diocese seeing any positive change, a new report shows. While around 60% ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Losing our religion? 'People in Ireland have turned from God and it's sad'
It is a quiet Wednesday afternoon on Knock's main street. Incessant rain and the gusts of what will soon become Storm Hector are keeping pilgrims away. Those who have ventured to the Mayo village take ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Unexpected defeat of referendums shows growing power of Ireland’s traditional Catholics
DUBLIN (RNS) — At a Mass said in Latin on Sunday (March 10), Ireland’s traditional Catholics declared political victory, days after a pair of referendums aimed at secularizing the Irish Constitution ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Poll Finds Revival of Interest in Religion in Northern Ireland Among Young People
The Iona Institute was keen to compare the findings in both the north and south of Ireland, especially given the higher percentage of Protestant churches in the north. The All Ireland Rosary Rally has ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Which Irish primary schools have the highest demand for change to religious ethos? Find out here
Four in 10 parents sending their children to religious-run schools would like to see a change in ethos, the Department of Education revealed in April ahead of schools rising for the summer. But which ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: An 18th-century rebellion for liberty, equality and freedom − not in France or the United States, but Ireland
(The Conversation) — Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast. It was the signal meant to ignite revolution ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Northern Ireland Must Change How Its Schools Teach Religion, Court Says
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said Northern Ireland’s public schools must include the study of faiths other than Christianity. By Esther Bintliff Reporting from London A court case that ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Religion: Religion: Luther in Ireland
What would St. Finian have thought, he who is known as the “Teacher of the Irish Saints?” In the handsome Dublin church named for the great 6th century monk, a new pastor was preaching last week, and ...