Madam, - Congratulations to Martin Mansergh TD on his support in the Dáil for RTÉ's Angelus bell (The Irish Times, October 10th… Madam, - Congratulations to Martin Mansergh TD on his support in the ...

Isn't modern life frantic ? It's rush, rush, rush from morning till night. I rise at seven each morning and, first off, I look at my 'list' of the long agenda of stuff to do that day. If I don't have ...

THE current controversy about RTE sounding the Angelus bell on certain broadcasts is giving the critics of religion a further opportunity to display a lack of tolerance which even the Church in its ...

Followers of the 'Angelus' yesterday celebrated 60 years to the day since it was first broadcast in 1950. It wasn't until 12 years later that the minute-long pause for prayer appeared on television, ...

The head of religious programmes at RTÉ has said the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has ruled it is totally defensible to retain the 18 peals of the Angelus bell during the "moment of reflection", ...

Sir, – Since the Feast of the Assumption in 1950, the Angelus Bell has been broadcast daily on RTÉ Radio. Up to the mid-1970s, when RTÉ Radio relocated from Henry Street to Donnybrook, it was ...

Francis Carryl’s letter in last Friday’s Stabroek News brought out many worthy points (‘Where have all the church bells gone?’ August 20). Perhaps our society has a new set of values and we do not ...

My first memory of hearing the Angelus prayed was on a hillside in Mexico. We were in a country place not far from Puebla. American college students were wandering around to get a sense of the culture ...

Teresa Canning, aged 48,of Effin, Co Limerick, was banned from driving for three years at Limerick District Court last May, as a result of a minor accident while driving home from the wake of an ...