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Bon Secours sisters who ran Tuam home offer ‘profound apologies’
- Religion & Beliefs
- January 13, 2021, 20:47
The Bon Secours sisters, who ran the mother and baby home at Tuam, yesterday yesterday offered “profound apologies” and acknowledged that children wer(...)

Restrictions on religious services to stay after archbishops meet Taoiseach
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 29, 2020, 20:45
There is to be no change to Level 5 restrictions on public worship, including the Mass, following a meeting between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Catho(...)

Cross-border Catholics may attend Masses in NI parishes, but not in Republic
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 15, 2020, 11:04
The Catholic Bishop of a cross-border diocese has spoken of frustrations felt by local people who can attend Mass in parishes within Northern Ireland (...)

Catholic archbishops request meeting with Taoiseach about loss of mass services
- Social Affairs
- October 8, 2020, 22:04
The four Catholic archbishops of Ireland have requested a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin to address concerns about the loss of mass services du(...)

Thirteen men have begun training for or are considering priesthood
- Religion & Beliefs
- September 28, 2020, 19:23
A total of 13 men have begun training for the Catholic priesthood in Ireland this year including an unspecified number undergoing a one-year pre-semin(...)

First diocesan bishop ordained in Ireland since Covid-19 arrived
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 30, 2020, 21:02
The former parish priest of Newbridge Co Kildare, Fr Paul Dempsey (49), was ordained as the new Bishop of Achonry in the West of Ireland on Sunday. I(...)

Sense of powerlessness a great danger, says archbishop
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 18, 2020, 00:04
A great danger facing society today is a sense of powerlessness, the idea that the world is spinning out of control and that problems are too great to(...)

People’s behaviour as important as any medicine, says Archbishop
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 10, 2020, 14:24
Responsible human behaviour is just as important as sophisticated medicine in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmu(...)

Pensioner who has climbed Croke Patrick for 30 years says ‘I just kept coming’
- Irish News
- July 26, 2020, 18:40
Summer would not be complete for 73-year-old Val Dempsey without a venture up Ireland’s holiest mountain on the last weekend of July. From Minane Bri(...)

Reek Sunday: climbers on Croagh Patrick down 90% as pilgrimage cancelled
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 26, 2020, 11:09
Pilgrim numbers climbing Croagh Patrick today were greatly reduced on previous years, even on recent days, gardaí at Westport have said. “People mus(...)