John Banville has few kind words for the church of his youth, but he is good company nonetheless.

The coming-of-age sitcom follows a group of girls as they navigate their way through Catholic high school during the Troubles. 

Mary McAleese, who has a gay son and has criticized the church’s position on L.G.B.T. issues, was invited to participate in a panel discussion on women in church governance.

The vote could open the door to legal abortion on demand in Ireland.

She was Dickensian, if Dickens had written a Gaelic warrior-waif, a hero with a voice that could thrill and comfort.

O'Riordan, 46, died suddenly Jan. 15 in London, where she had been due to record material for a new release. Police were investigating her death, calling it "unexplained."