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Italian Manuela Bertonicini, from Corpo Italiano Di Soccorso Ordine Di Malta, presents a bell to Carl McClean, deputy mayor of Bangor, Co. Down to mark the 1,400th anniversary of the death of St Columbanus, who travelled from Bangor to Italy spreading Christianity through much of Europe. The bell, for the parishes of Bangor, will be…

The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has welcomed Fianna Fail’s decision to affirm its commitment to a pro-life policy and oppose any attempts to repeal the Eighth Amendment. Fianna Fáil members passed a motion at the party’s Ard Fheis at the weekend opposing any repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Article 40.3.3), which provides…

Kidney transplant recipients Joshua O’Halloran (16) from Galway, Luke Concannon (9) from Lucan, Co. Dublin, Salem Alhag (12), the 100th transplant recipient and Courtney Kealy, (17) from Slane, Co. Meath, the first transplant recipient, celebrate Temple Street Children’s University Hospital’s 100th kidney transplant.  Photo: Conor McCabe Photography

Lay visitation teams have completed the impressive task of calling to over 4,000 homes in Arklow, in an initiative to encourage practising Catholics and to welcome lapsed Catholics back to the Church. The project in the Co. Wicklow town was organised by the Parish Pastoral Council, with the help of the Legion of Mary in…

Parishioners of Annacurra, Co. Wicklow got a rare opportunity to view historical vestments and artefacts at a display held following Mass in St Brigid's Church. John Flood, Pat Kennedy, Tom Dalton, Jimmy Whelan model some of the pre-Vatican II vestments in the exhibition organised by Fr James Hammel PP. Photo: Ann Egan