
ADHD – A Psychodynamic Perspective by Damien McLellan
ADHD – A Psychodynamic Perspective by Damien McLellan The Masters in Therapeutic Child Care Course at Carlow College presented its third national training event in

Dr Simon Workman, ‘There Are Darker Kingdoms: Mapping Modernity in Kevin Barry’s Short Fiction
Kevin Barry – Ireland and the End Times If, as theologian Paul Tillich suggested, the early to mid-twentieth century period can be deemed the ‘Age

‘Objects and Identity – reflections on medieval ‘things’’ by Dr Margaret Murphy
I first became interested in the relationships between medieval people and the inanimate objects they owned as a postgraduate student when I came across a

‘Covid and the Social Contract’ by Dr Noel Kavanagh
In 1972 the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai was asked what he thought of the French revolution of 1789. His reply was simply, ‘too early to

‘A God-Haunted Man’ by Dr Anthony Barron
Beckett’s sustained engagement with Christianity prompts many intricate questions. His tendency to eschew metaphysical dogma by means of ironic distancing and irreverent quips might suggest

‘The Politically Transformative Years 1917 to 1921’ by Dr Elaine Callinan
Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland, 1917-21, Votes, Violence and Victory by Elaine Callinan. The first question I am often asked is why did I choose to

Reflections on Advent 4-Part Series: Rethinking Advent through Hidden Matriarchs
This Advent, I begin a four-part reflection series focusing on the often-overlooked figures in the Christmas story. As we light the Advent candles each Sunday,

Food Security and Insecurity: Lessons from medieval Irish towns.
The terms ‘food security’ and ‘food insecurity’ have been in use since the 1970s and were formally defined by the first World Food Summit in

Pope Leo XIV and the Generative Age: Tradition, Technology, and the Next Chapter in the Catholic Social Tradition
Thursday’s election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, American by birth and shaped by his many years of missionary ministry in Peru, as Pope Leo XIV