Patsy McGarry@PatsyMcGarryIT
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In a Word ... Population Humanity is 'disappearing'... irishtimes.com/culture/2026/…

In a Word ... Population

Within 75 years, the issue worldwide will be depopulation

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The Irish American who will be beatified later this week.. Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Opinion: Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

Fulton Sheen turned from proselytising to providing a reassuring message for Americans of all faiths, drawing on his Irish roots

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Trevor Sargent returns to Dublin.. A sort of homecoming as Trevor Sargent made rector at church close to Leinster House irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

A sort of homecoming as Trevor Sargent made rector at church close to Leinster House

Former Green Party leader will take over at St Ann’s Church that was a ‘sanctuary’ during his time in politics

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The Irishmen we all forgot... Forgotten chapter of Irish history irishtimes.com/opinion/lette…

Forgotten chapter of Irish history

Approximately 200,000 Irish-born men served in the Union and Confederate armies

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Go on...be happy!! I heard some terrific news the other day: ‘The happiest men over 40 are 25lbs overweight’ irishtimes.com/culture/2026/…

I heard some terrific news the other day: ‘The happiest men over 40 are 25lbs overweight’

‘If you’re 61 and you have washboard abs, you’re making a big sacrifice for that’

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The elderly priests who are keeping the Irish Catholic Church 'in business '.. 'My proposal was to stop Confirmation’: Ireland’s ageing priests under pressure as numbers drop irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

‘My proposal was to stop Confirmation’: Ireland’s ageing priests under pressure as numbers drop

The decline in numbers joining the priesthood means the prospect of there not being enough priests for funerals and other religious services is very real

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RIP Frank McDonald...seen off on his final journey from the magnificent St John's Church, Thomas St, Dublin, yesterday. (Photo courtesy of Peter Murtagh).
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Frank McDonald obituary: campaigning journalist changed how we think about urban planning irishtimes.com/obituaries/20…

Frank McDonald obituary: campaigning journalist changed how we think about urban planning

His reporting was relentless and led to the publication in January 1985 of his ground-breaking book The Destruction of Dublin

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RIP, a great journalist and colleague... Frank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, has died irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

Frank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, dies

McDonald’s reporting on planning corruption was pioneering in Irish journalism, and he regularly reported from abroad on climate negotiations

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Archbishop of Dublin criticises landlords who ‘exploit the desperate’ irishtimes.com/ireland/housi…

Archbishop of Dublin criticises ‘exploitative’ landlords and denial of right to housing in Ireland

Dermot Farrell says ‘young people have all but given up the hope of having a home of their own’

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On loving the body... How could God allow human bodily functions? irishtimes.com/culture/2026/…

How could God allow human bodily functions?

In a Word ... Body

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RIP, one extraordinary woman.. Sr Margaret Coyne obituary: Nun whose work saved sight of thousands threatened with blindness irishtimes.com/obituaries/20…

Sr Margaret Coyne obituary: Nun whose work saved sight of thousands threatened with blindness

A key legacy of Sr Margaret’s time in Tigray was the development of new techniques in eye care, high-quality surgery at low cost, and the training of hundreds of Ethiopians in her work

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Survivors experience Christian Brothers’ litigation strategy as abuse by other means irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Survivors experience Christian Brothers’ litigation strategy as abuse by other means

Rite and Reason: Toll extends beyond the courts, intruding on family life and the space survivors need for therapy and healing

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Church of Ireland seeks to allay concerns about past finances at Dublin parish where newly elected bishop was rector irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

Church of Ireland seeks to allay concerns about past finances at Dublin parish where newly elected...

Church says parish administration ‘suffered’ when Andrew Orr, recently elected as Bishop of Cork, was rector in Castleknock

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I once asked Mam why she married my father. She said: ‘I took pity on him’ irishtimes.com/culture/2026/…

I once asked Mam why she married my father. She said: ‘I took pity on him’

In a Word ... Birthday

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Mayo - the triumph of hope over experience..!! How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland? irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…

Opinion: How to explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?

Rite and Reason: The reaction when the county’s footballers finally won the Sam Maguire was unpredictable

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Former IRA man seeks decree lifting excommunication over his 1950s Border mission irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

Former IRA man seeks decree lifting excommunication over his 1950s Border mission

Cork man Jimmy Linehan (90) wants the Catholic Church to remove the censures imposed on Irish people ‘since 1169’

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Dramatic drop in Catholic baptisms across island of Ireland irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

Dramatic drop in Catholic baptisms across island of Ireland

Iona Institute says falling birth rates account for about 60 per cent of decline, with secularisation accounting for the remainder

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It must be hell to be handsome irishtimes.com/culture/2026/…

It must be hell to be handsome

A total lack of challenge or effort has to be bad for character

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