I rang the hairdresser to say I had to be 10 minutes late for the hairdo: my husband is disabled, I explained, and I had to pick up some medications for him which delayed me. That was fine, and as the young woman was cutting my hair she asked chattily: “So, how long has your…

The recent ‘child removal’ cases are a worrying development, writes Mary Kenny

We need some straight talking about values, writes Mary Kenny

We have just seen a campaign for Mental Health Week, which will surely be a help and a support to anyone experiencing the affliction of depression, or of conditions like bi-polar disorder. These illnesses can be treated, and there should be no cause for shame or stigma. But sometimes such campaigns fail to distinguish between…

Pope Francis is developing the kind of persona, for the Italians, that a much-loved monarch can represent, writes Mary Kenny

Last week, I encountered the senior executive at RTÉ who is responsible for the religious output. In the course of conversation, I suggested to him that they might consider changing the word ‘religion’ to ‘faith’. He was doubtful. But there were some thoughts that religious programming might be altered to the ‘spiritual’ rather than the…

Sometimes the best option is adoption, writes Mary Kenny