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From betrayal to benediction: three cities, two paintings and the one and only Caravaggio

April 23, 2024

The National Gallery in London is celebrating its bicentenary by lending twelve of its most famous paintings to various museums and galleries throughout the United Kingdom. One beneficiary is the Ulster Museum in Belfast, which starting on 10 May will showcase The Supper at Emmaus, a masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. At the same

Nativity painting of UK ‘national importance’ becomes High Renaissance ‘Christmas gift’ for Belfast

January 03, 2024

On hearing in 1929 that his native city of Belfast had just built an art gallery but had no paintings to fill it the painter Sir John Lavery decided to generously gift 34 paintings of his own. Just before this Christmas that same art gallery, now the Ulster Museum, unveiled its most recent acquisition bequeathed

After the ‘gay cake’ verdict, even secularists must see the law isn’t working

October 24, 2016

The Ashers verdict is bad news - but it's also a chance to build a consensus

‘Gay cake’ ruling is a defeat for freedom of expression, says gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell

October 24, 2016

Peter Tatchell said that the ruling set a 'dangerous' precedent

Trustees agree to protect whistleblowers at Irish national seminary

August 25, 2016

Maynooth is under scrutiny after misgivings about the life and governance of the institution

A joyous celebration of life, despite the rain

July 04, 2016

The All Ireland Rally for Life was not met with the kind of bewilderment that greets pro-life marches in the rest of the UK

BMA votes to maintain its opposition to assisted suicide

June 21, 2016

The doctors' trade union voted by 198 to 115 to maintain its current position

Belfast court forces change to Northern Ireland’s abortion law

November 30, 2015

Landmark ruling will liberalise abortion law in province

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