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First Communion and the challenge of getting families to re-engage with parish life
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My lockdown project has been to catalogue my experiences of excruciating embarrassment
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Ireland facing spiritual ‘famine’ because of lack of priests, says priest
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Greystones school has so far beaten St Andrew’s and Pres Bray in Senior Cup
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Storm Emma: Crematorium and cemeteries close, funerals deferred due to extreme weather
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Experimental side will continue in O’Byrne Cup competion after Wexford battle
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It’s 1980s Dublin in Jason Byrne’s new book, and from the moment Mam announces there’s going to be a new arrival in the family, Dad is in a state
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Bittersweet celebrations as community reflects on those stuck in “depths of hell”
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Saturday: Leinster SFC preliminary round – Laois v Wicklow, Portlaoise, 7.0
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Priest speaks on radio about tragedy of seven suicides in just three weeks in Co Laois
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Independent politician who was elected mayor nine years running in the 1930s, and once again in the 1950s, is honoured with a permanent display at the Little Museum of Dublin
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‘Ireland triumphs: the country has said, Goodbye Catholic guilt, hello Celtic grá’
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Saving Rural Ireland set to fight what it sees as decimation of services
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Ciarán Lyng gets black card but only after Laois are safely seen off
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