I’m struggling to understand many things about the Ian Watkins case. First, I struggle to understand why there isn’t a law that provides for the instant castration of anyone who [...]

Two friends are chatting over a pint and and one of them is trying hard to explain what a Freudian slip is. Look, he says.  It’s when you mean to [...]

What’s the difference between a Catholic priest and a doctor or a lawyer? Well, apart from the fact that a priest has no practical training in anything, the main difference [...]

There was a time when Planet Ireland orbited its own smug, self-satisfied star, held on course by a mysterious force known as certainty.  That was an era when Irish missionaries [...]

A watershed has been reached in Ireland’s relationship with the Vatican

Clerics still fail to understand child abuse

Belgian police raid bishops’ meeting

Irish hierarchy still missing the point

More guidelines. More spin. More dishonesty. More of the same.

Speaking the truth about Roman Catholic credibility in Ireland