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A Nation Counted: What the 1926 Census Reveals of Ireland’s Changing Soul

On the morning of 19th April, the 1926 Irish Census was made available online. I cannot be the only reader of the Gazette who...

A Step Too Far? Clergy Tenure Plans Raise Serious Questions

Every May, the Church of Ireland packs up its troubles in its old kit bag and heads off to meet at the General Synod....

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M y current wife says that I need to see my psychiatrist (again) about my ability to bury myself in my phone and engage my...

Speaking with a Foreign Accent: Recovering Moral Courage, True Leadership, and the Language of the Gospel

It was Pilita Clark who observed in her article ‘Good News for CEOs with Foreign Accents’ (for the Financial Times) that voices marked by...

The Urgent Need to Bring an Authentically Christian Perspective to the Ongoing Debate about the ‘Right to Die’ and Euthanasia 

The recent death by euthanasia of Noelia Castillo Ramos — a 25-year-old Spanish woman who requested euthanasia as a consequence of being left paralysed...

To Do Justly

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love...

Lisbon, Lisburn — and the Bonds that Bind Us

We all have a favourite place to go on holiday. It might be here in Ireland or further afield. But I’m a creature of...

Running Out of Time?

Anyone got the time, I wonder? I suppose it depends. If you are 13 years of age (are you really reading this magazine at...

A Cathedral Easter

As all clergy know, if you haven’t got Easter sorted before Ash Wednesday, you are very much on the back foot. Choosing music, deciding...

Allowing Space for God

Recent developments in the Middle East, in addition to the ongoing and seemingly endless and intractable war in Ukraine, have led to me making...

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