Chai Brady, Ruadhán Jones and Jason Osborne Catholics across the Republic are breathing a sigh of relief this weekend with the controversial ban on attending Mass due to be lifted on Monday, senior bishops have told The Irish Catholic. The prelates also praised what they described as the “fantastic work” of the army of volunteers…

Irish boxing champion Katie Taylor thanked God after she retained her WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight titles after her victory over Natasha Jones at the Manchester Arena. After the win on social media, Katie said: “Thanking God for a hard fought victory. Thank you all for the support!” The star has always been very vocal about…

Following a European Commission (EC) ruling that Ireland can’t be trusted to police its own fishing quotas, a Donegal-based priest criticised the Irish Government for failing to defend the fishing sector. The ruling comes as a blow after the Irish fishing sector had already lost €43 million following Brexit negotiations. Fr John Joe Duffy said…

Galway-based businessman Declan Ganley has said he intends to “press on” with his challenge to the restrictions on public worship, despite the return to public Mass on May 10. Mr Ganley’s case was postponed again at its last hearing until May 18. “The bans that were put in place were in our view unconstitutional and…

The generation of human-animal embryos exists in a “legislative vacuum”, a TD has discovered on the back of a parliamentary question concerning the procedure. This comes as a team of American and Chinese scientists recently created a human-monkey embryo by injecting human stem cells into monkey blastocytes, some of which were kept alive for up…