Widowed fisherwoman Barb (Emma Thompson) is driving through northern Minnesota when she spots a kidnapped teenage girl. She loses her phone signal. Then her truck gives up. She’s 66 years old but she’s determined to rescue the girl. In between efforts to do that she harks back to her own youth, to times she spent…
I’m really sick of the head wrecking aggravation from the USA following the murder of Charlie Kirk, and the related, but trivial by comparison, cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. I have to say neither was much on my radar up to last week. In this polarised environment both are either being canonised or demonised and neither…
What the Knock apparition teaches us about being bearers of light One of the outstanding features of the Knock apparition, to those who saw it, was its brilliance. The apparition occurred on August 21st, 1879, as the evening was beginning to darken in the relentless rain. The figures were described as “all lit up”…
Almost three quarters of Britons are hardly interested in the election of the new Archbishop of Canterbury. However, the majority would like him to speak out on poverty, homelessness and social issues rather than politics. Almost three quarters of people in the UK do not care who becomes the next Archbishop of Canterbury. This was…
Anniversary programme for the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death in Barcelona in 2026 The legacy of architect Antoni Gaudí is the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. 10 June 2026 is the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death. An occasion for an anniversary programme. A poetic version reads like this: Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was the “architect of God”…
The offices of the Iona Institute on Merrion Square, Dublin, were the scene of a major security operation this week after director David Quinn opened a letter containing white powder and a menacing message that read “Happy Anthrax.” The letter, which named both Quinn and fellow Iona board member Breda O’Brien, triggered a full Garda…
Bord Gáis has slapped Irish households with a 13.5% rise in electricity bills and a 12% hike in standing charges—even as the company pockets massive profits. In the first half of 2025 the company raked in €39 million in profit. Its parent company posted a staggering €663 million profit for the first half of 2025. Last year, Bord Gáis…
The Natural Family Planning Teacher Association of Ireland is collaborating with the European Institute of Family Life Education to host a conference titled “Family, Life, Education; Our Hope for the Future” in Knock on October 4. Two speakers will offer their expertise on each subject: Dr Fidelma Healy Eames of Study and Careers and Michelle…
Fr Joseph Mullooly OP, a Dominican priest from Lanesboro, Co. Longford, who became a pioneering archaeologist in Rome, was honoured this past weekend at a special commemoration in the Basilica of San Clemente. The ceremony, led by Martin Selmayr, European Ambassador to the Holy See, drew around 100 visitors from Longford as well as descendants…
Sr Patricia Murray IBVM was honoured by the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) on September 8 during a reception of gratitude. She served as Executive Secretary of the UISG for 11 years, and will be succeeded by Sr Roxanne Schares SSND, who was welcomed into the role at the same reception. Sr Murray grew…
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