Limerick city priests have welcomed the announcement of the creation of 300 new jobs as a “boost for the city and the people”. Uber, an online on-demand car service is to hire 150 people by the end of the year and another 150 when the operation is up and running. It has also signed a…

The head of healthcare at the Conference of Religious Ireland (CORI) has described as “shocking” a report that found vulnerable elderly people were left for more than a month without a shower or a bath in a nursing home run by the HSE. Sr Pat O’Donovan, RSM insisted “there is no situation in Ireland that’s…

Tyrone senior football manager Mickey Harte was guest speaker at the recent Michaela Camp in Derry. The Michaela Foundation was established by John McAreavey to honour the life and values of his wife Michaela McAreavey after her tragic murder during their honeymoon in 2011. It runs summer camps across the island of Ireland to help…

Pope signs up as first World Youth Day pilgrim Pope Francis officially opened registration for the 2016 World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland at the weekend. Joined by a young man and a young woman, the Pope was handed a tablet where he launched the online registration. “There, I am registered!” he said to cheers from the pilgrims and visitors. “Through this electronic…

Corrymeela, Northern Ireland’s oldest reconciliation community, will celebrate 50 years of peace-making with a unique summer festival from Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2 at its centre in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. Aperture is a festival of diversity, arts, debate, politics, faith, music and celebration. There will be panel discussions on human rights, the Good…

Cardinal John Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, has advised recently elected President Muhammadu Buhari to go slowly on his anti-corruption drive so that the public would not term his actions as “persecution”. He said that “the fight against corruption can only succeed where there is transparency, justice and honesty” during a dinner for the group Catholics…