# mary-mcaleese - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
# LGBT Rights
# LGBT Rights
The former Irish president warned of the damaging impact the church is having on Ireland younger LGBT community.
# mary-mcaleese - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Alfons Auer Ethics Award
# Alfons Auer Ethics Award
She will collect the prize at a ceremony at the University of Tübingen in Germany in October.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
# Right To Know
# Right To Know
Information about the presidents’ use of the service can be revealed for the first time following a landmark ruling this year.
# mary-mcaleese - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
# Right To Know
# Right To Know
The ruling was made by the Commissioner for Environmental Information last week.
# mary-mcaleese - Friday 2 November, 2018
# World Meeting Of Families
# World Meeting Of Families
An email released under the Freedom of Information Act shows how Zappone had ‘very serious’ concerns ahead of the visit.
# mary-mcaleese - Thursday 23 August, 2018
# Papal Visit
# Papal Visit
The TD says the former president’s frequent criticism of the Catholic Church is ‘getting silly’
# mary-mcaleese - Monday 20 August, 2018
# LGBTI
# LGBTI
The former President expressed her concerns at ‘fake hetero homophobes’ within the Church.
# mary-mcaleese - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# Heritage Hotspots
# Heritage Hotspots
Take our challenge and tick off as many glorious sites this summer as recommended by heritage officers around Ireland.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 8 August, 2018
# A Changing Ireland
# A Changing Ireland
The state broadcaster has unveiled how it’ll mark Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 14 March, 2018
# Washington DC
# Washington DC
Speaking in Washington, the Taoiseach also said he didn’t think it was the State’s role to tell any religion what rules it should make.
# mary-mcaleese - Tuesday 13 March, 2018
# Malachy Finnegan
# Malachy Finnegan
Clem Leneghan said he does not want his story to take the spotlight away from where it belongs.
# mary-mcaleese - Monday 12 March, 2018
# Mary McAleese
# Mary McAleese
Over 1,000 adults were polled about Mary McAleese ’s comments.
# Abuse
# Abuse
“My mother, almost 90 years of age, had to discover that from the Belfast Telegraph three weeks ago.”
# mary-mcaleese - Friday 9 March, 2018
# Empire Of Misogyny
# Empire Of Misogyny
The former president has called on Pope Francis to address gender inequality in the Catholic Church.
# mary-mcaleese - Thursday 8 March, 2018
# Mary McAleese
# Mary McAleese
The former president said women aren’t ‘mysteries’ or ‘strawberries on the cake’, despite what popes have called them.
# Misogyny
# Misogyny
The former president also called the Catholic Church an “empire of misogyny”.
# mary-mcaleese - Friday 2 February, 2018
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
The inclusion of McAleese on the Voices of Faith speaker panel was opposed by Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
# Catholic Church
# Catholic Church
The former president says the church is embroiled in a dispute with the governing body of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
# mary-mcaleese - Friday 21 October, 2016
# Looking Back
From The42
# Looking Back
The then-England captain annoyed many Irish fans by seemingly causing President Mary McAleese to walk on the grass.
# mary-mcaleese - Thursday 18 June, 2015
# Berkeley
# Berkeley
The former president says she herself was a J1 student.
# mary-mcaleese - Saturday 23 May, 2015
# How The Ref Was Won
# How The Ref Was Won
The Irish people have voted for same-sex marriage but some campaigners deserve a special mention.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 20 May, 2015
# Bruce Arnold
# Bruce Arnold
Bruce Arnold has spoken out against former President Mary McAleese taking a position in the same-sex marriage referendum.
# mary-mcaleese - Tuesday 19 May, 2015
# Support
# Support
The former President is calling for a Yes vote in the same sex marriage referendum this Friday.
# mary-mcaleese - Monday 13 April, 2015
# The Marriage Ref
# The Marriage Ref
It’s the former Irish president’s first public comments about the issue since the start of the same-sex referendum campaign.
# mary-mcaleese - Saturday 11 April, 2015
# Legend
From The42
# Legend
Ahead of his fight tonight, we outline the reasons the Limerick native deserves respect.
# mary-mcaleese - Sunday 15 March, 2015
# mary-mcaleese - Saturday 7 February, 2015
# Smacking
# Smacking
Pope Francis said this week that it’s okay for parents to smack their children.
# mary-mcaleese - Monday 15 December, 2014
# In The Door
# In The Door
Dr McAleese is going to be a professor in Irish studies at the largest Catholic university in the UK.
# mary-mcaleese - Friday 29 August, 2014
# LGBT
# LGBT
An ad for a speaking engagement has been rejected by Australian newspaper ‘The Catholic Weekly’ over the former President having ‘an agenda’.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
# Holi-dáil
# Holi-dáil
The Taoiseach is also sporting a goatee by the looks of it.
# mary-mcaleese - Thursday 22 May, 2014
# TBT
# TBT
From befriending Tom Cruise to stealing each other’s outfits, our politicians have done it all.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Today everyone’s been talking about a man found dead in Dublin, Jenny Lauren’s €2,000 fine and Mary McAleese on the Catholic Church and homosexuality.
# Church
# Church
Her comments were welcomed by liberal Redemptorist priest Fr Tony Flannery.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 27 November, 2013
# RIP
# RIP
Former President Mary McAleese was one of those who spoke at Fr. Reid’s funeral this afternoon.
# mary-mcaleese - Wednesday 2 October, 2013
# Brian Cowen
# Brian Cowen
Portraits of each Taoiseach, President and Chief Justice are commissioned by the State as a matter of course.
# mary-mcaleese - Monday 29 July, 2013
# Abortion Bill
# Abortion Bill
The President has not yet made an announcement on whether he’ll sign the the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill into law or refer it to the Supreme Court.
# mary-mcaleese - Saturday 27 July, 2013
# Abortion
# Abortion
The Council of State is a little-used and largely unknown body but it takes centre stage as it discusses the abortion bill next week. TheJournal.ie explains what it’s all about…
# mary-mcaleese - Tuesday 18 June, 2013
# Higher Education
# Higher Education
The EU group chaired by former president Mary McAleese recommended certified and continuous training for university teaching staff.
# mary-mcaleese - Sunday 9 June, 2013
# Mary Mcaleese Bridge
# Mary Mcaleese Bridge
The former president’s work for peace was honoured with the naming of Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge.
# mary-mcaleese - Sunday 10 February, 2013
# 6 Nations
From The42
# 6 Nations
Former Ireland hooker Shane Byrne had some choice words on the English captain’s “belligerence” in 2003.
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