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Godfreys Gospel
By Michael Godfrey THE late Jim Townsend from Ballybar was a great community activist and a staunch supporter of volunteerism....
By Michael Godfrey THERE was little difficulty shutting down the country. The government spoke and all businesses, except a handful...
WOULDN’T you know there is a by-election in the offing and a general election on the way? Pledges, pledges and...
THERE are times when there is no question but we are going backwards. In 2003, the country was bursting with...
I KNOW it is legal, but that doesn’t make it right. What I am talking about is the release of...
ASK any tourist what their lasting memory of Ireland is and they will probably tell you it is the colour...
AN underlying attitude of entitlement and arrogance was how Sinn Féin’s Pierce Doherty described taoiseach Enda Kenny’s claim that he...
IT SEEMS Pope Francis cannot say anything right these days. He is damned if he does and damned if he...
I HAVE to admit that it infuriates me when legislation impinges on the simplest of things, such as buying eye...
Time to Think
DESPITE the confinement and lockdown, not to mention the coronavirus, we have enjoyed great weather this spring. Nature and the...
A YOUNG, academically-excellent person applied for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview. The managing...
I SAW a strange sight. I stumbled upon a story most strange, like nothing my life had ever prepared me...
EVERYONE has a mother, so it isn’t surprising that throughout the world there are ways of honouring and celebrating mothers....
I SHOOK my head in disbelief. This couldn’t be the right place. After all, I couldn’t possibly be welcome here....
LAST year, I baptised a tiny 28-week baby. Her name was Angel. She survived and is testimony to the resilient...
Quit worrying LIFE has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that...
ASH Wednesday, 18 February, marks the beginning of Lent. Traditionally, Lent brings with it a time of cutting back, which...
AFTER decades of debate within the church, Pope Francis has formally recognised that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed “in...
