A woman kneels on a bed, as onlookers observe. Her face is twisted, she emits a guttural bellowing, grunts, thumps herself and spouts expletive-riddled abuse. Primal Screaming doesn’t look like much of a buzz but Caitriona Devery decided to take a plunge into the strange anyway.
Lost Angelus.
There ya have it now boys. Proof if ever you needed it. There’s heathens running that RTE. Godless communists. And they’re taking away the Angelus.
Last night RTE unfurled the first in a wave of new look shorts, designed to unite believers of all creeds. They’re appealing to the public to send in ideas for future editions too.
Have you any ideas? Do share.
#Gombeen9: Cardinal Brady.
It wasn’t with much regret that we waved goodbye to Sean Brady. Throughout his long reign of church cover ups he withstood one resignation call too many before finally handing in his notice to papa bear in Rome. Brady was a proud chink in the rusty chain that the church has wrapped around the uteri of Irish women. In 1975, it was with zeal that, rather than inform the authorities, … Read More
What’s the Story Buddh? The Tale Of The Dharma Bum.
What could possibly make one of the first Westerners ever to become a Buddhist monk so disreputable that he would be airbrushed out of history, despite being famous in his day and featured in US magazines and the Sunday Independent? Laurence Cox takes up the story for us. Being a white man who took off the shoes and hat that set Europeans apart from Burmese in 1900, picked up the … Read More
Here Popey, T’is Time For Me To Retire.
A few days ago, his most arseholey eminence Cardinal Brady offered his resignation to the big papa priest in Rome. Survivors of sexual abuse urged a speedy acceptance but we’re still left waiting for the pope’s sign off. Frustrated with waiting, Paul Doyle turned his imagination to the contents of Brady’s resignation letter. Dear Pope, It is with deep regret and a heavy heart that I must today request that you … Read More
UCKG And Their Voodoo.
If you live in Dublin 8 or 15 you will most likely be aware of the UCKG ‘charity’. They’re anything but charitable. A Brazilian founded Pentecostal (evangelical) organisation, they prey on people much as religions do. This particular bunch aggressively promote exorcism and pursue followers for a hefty tithe. As far back as 2006, Edel Kennedy investigated them for the Independent: “Based in Phibsboro in Dublin and led by Brazilian Pastor … Read More
The Missionary Position Or How The Irish Learnt To Have Sex.
Whilst the rest of the western world was in the midst of the STI-swapping frenzy that was the sixties, Ireland was on its knees waiting outside a confession box. Sheila Lafferty, gets under the covers and gets to grips with Irish sexual cluelessness. A sordid mix of Victorian neurosis and Rome rule meant that sex in 20th-century Ireland was a silent taboo that only happened behind closed doors, under blankets, with … Read More
Footage From The Tuam Babies Vigil.
Throngs gathered at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs before making their way to the Dáil. Various childhood items were left on the railings in a mark of commemoration. Here’s a video capturing some of the crowd’s reaction. Credit goes to Joseph Conroy and Eoghan Regan. Additional video by Kevin Meighan
#meEjit: A Journalist’s Guide To Catholic Apologism.
Paul Doyle lines up the usual suspects that attempt to give cover to Church crimes and skewers them as rightous cretins infesting our media. During the recent European Elections the Catholic Democrats’ Theresa Heaney stood dead-eyed and Dana-esque on Vincent Browne; a relic of antiquity on whom the irony of having a hard-on for chastity is lost. Today, most people reject Heaney’s ilk, their views and the horrendous human toll those views have … Read More
All’s loud on the Christian Front
In the 1930s a number of religious anti-communist organisations emerged in Irish society. Donal Fallon profiles the Irish Christian Front, a short lived but influential body. In recent months there has been major debate on the role of religious organisations in public life and discourse, though there is nothing new about conservative Catholic organisations attempting to influence decision makers here. If there was a monster under the bed for … Read More
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