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Prof Sam McConkey: ‘Command and control, and sanction from on high, is not the Presbyterian way.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Leading Presbyterian Prof Sam McConkey condemns church’s threat to dismiss Dublin minister

The threat of dismissal facing a Presbyterian minister in Dublin and the disciplining of a parish council has been criticised by one of the State’s be(...)

Children from local schools sing during a service to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh, on October 21st. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Rite&Reason: Young Irishman reflects on recent Armagh service

In early September, when my dad asked if I wanted to join him, my mum and my younger sister Eliza to attend a special church service in Armagh on Octo(...)

Man arrested in Cork over threat to kill female British MP

Gardaí in Cork have arrested a British national this morning for questioning about alleged threats to kill a female Labour MP. Officers from the Spec(...)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsonchat with the clergy following a service to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland at Saint Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Church leaders ‘sorry’ for not doing more for peace in Northern Ireland

The Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh has said he is “sorry” church leaders “didn’t do more to become peacemakers, or at least speak peace into t(...)

PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
North’s politicians contacted by PSNI chief in wake of David Amess killing

The North’s 18 MPs have been contacted by PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne about their personal security in the wake of the suspected terrorist killin(...)

David Amess died from his injuries after being stabbed multiple times. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty
UK leaders lay wreaths outside church where David Amess attacked
  • UK
  • October 16, 2021

British prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday laid flowers outside the church where a Conservative MP was fatally stabbed in what police said was a(...)

Archbishop John McDowell described the service at Armagh’s Church of Ireland St Patrick’s Cathedral as ‘an honest attempt to respect differences’
Commemorative service ‘honest attempt to respect differences’, says Archbishop

Church of Ireland Primate Archbishop John McDowell has described the controversial service at Armagh’s Church of Ireland St Patrick’s Cathedral on Oct(...)

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he understood where the President was ‘coming from’ with regard to his decision not to attend the commemoration service next month. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
Anglo-Irish relations not damaged by President’s decision, says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has dismissed suggestions that Anglo-Irish relations have been damaged by the decision of President Michael D Higgins not to (...)

The invitation sent to Michael D Higgins said the service next month would be ‘of Christian worship hosted, organised and led by the leaders of the Church of Ireland, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian and Methodist Churches and the Irish Council of Churches’. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty
President’s refusal of Armagh invitation ‘unexpected’, say Church leaders

The Church Leaders Group, which is hosting the controversial service in St Patrick’s Cathedral Armagh next month, have said President Michael D Higgin(...)

The DUP has questioned whether President Michael D Higgins is ‘snubbing’ events marking Northern Ireland’s centenary. File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
DUP queries whether President is ‘snubbing’ North centenary events

The DUP has questioned whether President Michael D Higgins is “snubbing” events marking Northern Ireland’s centenary after it emerged he declined an i(...)

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