Ireland

One in six pregnancies now ends in abortion, Irish data reveals

Department of Health figures show that 10,600 abortions took place in Ireland in 2025, prompting renewed calls from pro-life campaigners for greater support for women with unplanned pregnancies

The Catholic Herald

How Catholics and Jacobites shaped the American Revolution

From Limerick and Culloden to Maryland and Philadelphia, the experiences of Catholic exiles formed an often-overlooked strand in the story of American independence

Declan J. Ganley

Public witness of faith draws crowds to Derry Marian procession

Catholics from across Ireland gathered in Derry for the first Worldwide Marian Procession, joining hundreds of shrines and parishes around the world in prayer inspired by the message of Fatima

Ireland’s Catholic colleges are disappearing at a critical moment

As Catholic colleges continue to pass into state hands, Ireland risks losing vital institutions for the intellectual formation of the laity

Why falling birth rates should concern everyone

Ireland’s fertility rate has fallen well below replacement level, raising difficult questions about family formation, childlessness and the choices people are able to make

Saint Columba: the apostle of Iona

Fifteen centuries after his voyage to Iona, the legacy of St Columba remains visible across Ireland and Scotland

Can Ireland be Catholic again?

Mary Margaret Olohan sits down with Declan Ganley, Irish entrepreneur, political campaigner to examine the true state of Catholicism in Ireland

The Catholic Herald

In Yeats’s bee-loud glade

In the hives of rural Galway, one beekeeper has found a living lesson in providence, stewardship and the quiet wisdom of the natural order

Declan J. Ganley

Lay-led liturgies won’t save the Irish Church

Ireland’s priest shortage is real, but lay-led liturgies risk deepening confusion while delaying necessary reform

Fianna Fáil and the loss of de Valera’s vision

Once the dominant force in Irish politics, Fianna Fáil now faces difficult questions about what remains of the ideals that animated its founder