John Collins
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‘It will be hard for people . . . they’ll miss it’: Dublin’s religious once again close their doors
- Social Affairs
- September 18, 2020, 21:43
Dublin’s religious are closing their doors this weekend, reluctantly but accepting “it has to be done”. In messages to their clergy on Friday the Cat(...)

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(...)

Priests anxious about being held responsible for safety at Mass
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 15, 2020, 18:47
Catholic priests have expressed anxiety about shouldering sole responsibility for the health and safety of people attending Masses and other public ch(...)

Fine of €50,000 imposed for filling wildlife lagoon to create gallops for horses
- Circuit Court
- February 28, 2020, 19:20
A bloodstock trader who admitted putting 45,000 tonnes of construction rubble into a wildlife lagoon to create practice gallops for his horses has bee(...)

Priests ‘disappointed’ by pope’s U-turn on softening celibacy rule
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 12, 2020, 18:59
The Association of Catholic Priests has said it is “disappointed” that Pope Francis has declined to approve the ordination of married men to address t(...)

‘I could see the lifestyle that would have been planned out for me’
- People
- February 23, 2019, 06:00
Mary Jennings is a bit of an evangelist, and she might just have hypnotic powers. Don’t get this wrong: she doesn’t go around singing and waving her h(...)

Ironman: How a simple box of papers turned into a billion-dollar industry
- Other Sports
- January 30, 2019, 21:00
On an October night in 1979, a navy man named John Collins rode his Triumph motorcycle over to the offices of a Honolulu health club. He brought nothi(...)

A year after her murder, Rose Hanrahan’s neighbours still live in fear
- Crime & Law
- December 14, 2018, 01:00
One year ago, pensioner Rose Hanrahan was found strangled to death in her home in Thomondgate in the heart of Limerick City. A year on, the community (...)

‘Driving in a war zone is a lot different from driving on the M50’
- Abroad
- November 17, 2018, 01:00
It’s not everyone’s choice of a spot to spend the summer – a dugout in the Golan Heights, or a live-fire training camp in Mali – although there are ot(...)

Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf review: Who’s afraid of this trashy takedown?
- Stage
- October 5, 2018, 13:29
EVERYONE’S FINE WITH VIRGINIA WOOLF O’Reilly Theatre, Belvedere College Three Stars George and Martha, the rancorous protagonists of Edward Albee’s(...)