My eldest son was unimpressed when, as a small boy, I insisted that he gave up his seat on the bus. He argued strongly about how unfair it was that children were viewed as second class citizens and how adults should be well able to stand on their strong legs. Safety wasn’t such a priority…
Humour is a very subjective thing, and with something I think is funny, others may remain untickled. That being said I find W1A (BBC 2, Friday nights) hilarious. But then it is a send up of the media so I’m in my zone and with my tribe. The target of the satire is political correctness,…
‘Repeal the Eighth’ becoming a thoughtless slogan Dear Editor, I was shocked to read in Mary Kenny’s article (IC 28/09/2017) that the GAA Dublin Ladies players unfurled flags to show their support for repealing the Eighth Amendment. Needless to say, this was not reported in the national press. At this stage it seems that ‘repeal the Eighth’…
Autumn brings a kind of pleasant melancholy. The warmth of summer recedes and the cold nights draw in. The trees, so recently full, lush and green, are now shedding crisp brown leaves for the children to wade through on their way to school, searching for conkers. Bright berries appear in the hedges and scatterings of…
Clare: Ennis Cathedral Choir with Michael Crimmins, Michael Collins, Michael Cullinan, between them they have served the choir for 150 years.
Wexford: Acclaimed author Eoin Colfer opens the new library at Barntown National School. Pupils, Board Chairman Fr John Carroll, Principal Louisa O Brien and Parents’ Council Chairperson Niamh Doyle are pictured.
Dublin: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was the principal celebrant at Mass in St Patrick’s College Drumcondra for the opening of the Academic Year. He is pictured with students and staff from St Paul’s College in Raheny: Ms Pamela Mc Loughlin, Jack Welsh, Reece Scully-Long, Ben Murphy Zack Power and Ms Mary Curran. Photo: John McElroy
USA: Volunteers with the Archdiocese of Miami’s missions office inspect the grounds at the Church of St Peter the Fisherman in Florida’s Big Pine Key. Hit hard by Hurricane Irma, the church has been deemed unusable and is expected to be rebuilt.
MEXICO: A man carries a statue of St Jude during a September 28 Mass outside Mexico City’s St Hippolytus Church following the city’s earthquake. The 28th of each month is set aside in parts of Mexico to celebrate the life of the patron saint of difficult and impossible causes.
CANADA: Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, pictured during a news conference, has been elected president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. He will serve a two-year term.
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