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Croke Park opens up pitch for Muslim prayer service
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 13, 2020, 17:28
Croke Park is to host a celebration of the Muslim festival of Eid after members of a Dublin mosque requested use of the GAA venue to accommodate a lar(...)

Catholic Archbishop of Dublin hopes more than 50 may be allowed at Sunday Masses
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 29, 2020, 02:19
Parishes should “manage scrupulously” the safety of people at Masses on Monday morning when churches reopen for the first time in over three months, C(...)

Coronavirus: Ireland's Muslims expected to fast for Ramadan 2020
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 23, 2020, 08:35
For Ireland’s Muslim community Ramadan 2020, which begins on Thursday, will be like none they have experienced before. For healthy Muslims it means (...)

Confirmations, funerals, weddings and Baptisms scaled back
- Religion & Beliefs
- March 12, 2020, 20:23
The obligation on Catholics to physically attend Sunday Mass has been removed by Ireland’s Catholic bishops for now and all Confirmations are postpone(...)

Ireland’s Muslim leaders prepare for Friday prayers amid Covid-19 concerns
- Religion & Beliefs
- March 5, 2020, 21:25
Stringent measures are being taken in Ireland’s mosques today to protect worshippers attending Friday prayers. Dr Umar al Qadri, head Imam at the Isl(...)

China has ‘a lot of spies’ in Ireland, activists claim
- Asia-Pacific
- November 30, 2019, 06:00
CHINESE POLITICAL ACTIVISTS LIVING IN IRELAND CLAIM THAT OTHER CHINESE PEOPLE HERE ARE ‘KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYONE’ FOR SIGNS OF DISLOYALTY TO THE (...)

Islamic spokesman awarded €7,500 by Labour Court after unfair dismissal
- Irish News
- September 16, 2019, 12:51
A leading figure in Ireland’s Muslim community has been awarded €7,500 by the Labour Court which ruled he was unfairly dismissed by Trinity College Du(...)

Leading Muslim figure claims he was fired over comments made on RTÉ
- Crime & Law
- August 30, 2019, 15:44
A leading figure in Ireland’s Muslim community has claimed he was fired from his teaching post in Trinity College Dublin as a result of controversial (...)

Trinity lecturer wins unfair dismissal case over female circumcision comments
- Crime & Law
- April 23, 2019, 18:52
A university lecturer at the centre of controversy last year over television comments he made about female genital mutilation (FGM) has won his unfair(...)

‘Condemnation is not enough’, Dublin Imam tells congregation
- Irish News
- March 15, 2019, 16:27
The discreet presence of a garda in the grounds of the Clonskeagh Mosque signalled that this was no ordinary gathering for Friday prayers. The mosqu(...)