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The Eucharist is an occasion of inspiration 27 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
The piece below is this week's column in INM's regional newspapers in Ireland. Michael Commane A Dominican in his 80s said to me during the summer that when he was a young priest older Dominicans acc...
BBC Radio 4's Sunday service 25 Aug 2013 | 11:49 am
ANYONE who listens to BBC Radio 4 on a Sunday morning and compares it with what RTE Radio One offers at the same time must be left in no doubt of the terrible quality of the service offered by the Iri...
Merkel says she was too much a gossip to be in Stasi 25 Aug 2013 | 12:32 am
IN a newspaper interview German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that she was once approached by the Stasi, the East German secret police, to work for them. She told them she was an inveterate gossip...
Ireland drinks €6.36 billion of grog every year 24 Aug 2013 | 11:21 am
Last year Irish people in Ireland spent €6.36 billion on alcohol. Spending on alcohol has increased each year since 2009. It is estimated alcohol-related harm costs Ireland €3.7 billion a year. Thr...
At last the airport for the united city 23 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm
It was announced today that Germania will be the frst airline to use the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport in the south east of the city and close to the historic suburb of Karlshorst. This November Ger...
A 'sophisticated' mighty army cashes in on a vulnerable fragile youth 22 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
Anyone who reads the story of Bradley Manning in today's Guardian is left with no option but to cry for the man. And who cashed in on his vulnerability? The United States Army. Yesterday Manning was...
It's seems you can have your cake and eat it too 22 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
It is striking how clerics and clerical organisations criticise the media. Yet when the media publishes something 'positive' about them these same clerics and clerical organisations disseminate the me...
Clever comment from wise Dominican priest 21 Aug 2013 | 01:51 pm
Interesting comment from a Dominican priest now in his 80s. "When we were young Dominicans we were considered by the older men to be rebels and far too radical and now when we are old Dominicans we a...
The very best at our doorstep and for free 20 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
The column below appears in this week's INM Irish regional newspapers. Michael Commane Mangerton Mountain looking down on Glencappul. The sky was overcast in West Kerry on the morning of Sat...
Untying the knots in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio 19 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
The current issue of The Tablet carries extracts from a new book by Paul Vallely on Pope Francis. The article is titled "He's a person who's caused a lot of problems'. It is written by the author of t...
