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Fri 08 Aug 2008Opus Dei to run wealthy Merrion Road parish

ONE OF the wealthier parishes in Dublin's Catholic archdiocese has been entrusted by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin to the care of Opus Dei.

The Our Lady Queen of Peace parish on Merrion Road, across from St Vincent's Hospital, will be the first parish in Ireland to be run by Opus Dei.