Everyday Ethics

Archbishop Eamon Martin reflects on the life and death of his predecessor Oliver Plunkett. Born 400 years ago this weekend, the saint's head is preserved in St Peter’s Church in Drogheda. Mark Devenport is joined by Dr Niamh Wycherley and John Thavis to discuss the role of relics in the 21st century.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Africa correspondent Declan Walsh explains the background to violence and killings in south west Sudan.

And on All Souls Day, grief bots and avatars promise to preserve our loved ones from beyond the grave. Dr Elaine Storkey, Dr Nathan Mladin and Professor Victoria Haneman discuss the ethical concerns to what some see as compassionate technology and others dismiss as a sinister intrusion into the painful process of bereavement.

Gaza priest Father Carlos Ferrero tells us how the ceasefire is holding and what difficulties his congregation are still facing.

The Anglican Church is in the news. In Rome, King Charles becomes the first monarch since Henry VIII to pray with the Pope.

We also discuss the Enhanced Games – where athletes can use whatever they want to improve their performances. Is it actually fairer than mainstream competition? We discuss with broadcaster and former athlete Katie Kirk, Jonathan Pugh senior research fellow at the Uehiro Centre for practical ethics at Oxford University and Emily Ryall senior lecturer in the philosophy of sport at Gloucester university.

The United Nations will be 80 years old next Friday but is it thriving or dying?

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

Dr Mohammed Mughaisib has spent the nearly two years working in hospitals in Gaza, in the midst of  bombs, death and destruction.  His family fled to Egypt in February of last year- he hasn't seen them since.  He himself escaped to Dublin around three weeks ago.

Is the Social Contract dying?

After a UN Commission of Enquiry rules that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza, where do we go from here?

The 6th century monastery of St. Catherine's and the tourist mega resort on its doorstep

Rev Izzy Hawthorne Steel and Rev Chris Bennett on how they dealt with church arsonists aged 10 and 11 and Carl Stauffer on restorative justice around the world.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde recalls her sermon before Trump—a plea for mercy in Washington National Cathedral that sparked his outrage the morning after his inauguration.