Mayo: Some of the pupils from St Gerald’s, Castlebar with Archbishop Neary and officials at Knock Shrine.
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The stars in their courses
The Astronomy Book (Big Ideas Imply Explained series) (DK / Penguin Random House, €20) Michael Fewer When our children were young, one of the highlights of visits to our country cottage was the night skies, particularly in autumn and winter, when we all used to wrap up well and lie out on foam mattresses,…
Repealing the Eighth would be a ‘blank cheque’
Voting to repeal Ireland’s constitutional protections for mothers and unborn children would be “a leap into the dark” like “signing a blank cheque”, solicitor Alan Daveron told delegates at the RENUA Ireland AGM. Speaking at the Tullamore Court Hotel, Mr Daveron asked whether voters could trust a government which had defied the popular will to…
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Kerry: James Sheehan (left), Darrah Broderick and Dylan Moriarty attended a day for Transition year students from CBS The Green Secondary school at Ballyroe Heights Hotel organised by Our Lady and St. Brendan’s parish, St. John’s parish and Spa/Fenit parish. Photo: John Cleary.
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Libya: Migrants arrive at a naval base after being rescued by the Libyan coast guard
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USA: Joseph Yap and Alejandro Velez prepare their box shelter on the lawn of Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria for the fifth annual “Homeless for a Night” campout.
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Vatican: An image of Sudanese St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita is carried in procession during a prayer service led by Pope Francis for peace in South Sudan and Congo in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Collins’ fresh focus on Chopin’s short creative life
Pat O’Kelly Thanks to the hospitality of ambassador Marie-Claude Meylan, the Swiss Embassy was the convivial venue for a recently launched CD – Chopin Recital – featuring Dublin-born pianist Finghin Collins. On the Swiss classical label Claves, for which Collins has already recorded excellent Schumann albums, the new disc, 50-1719, is a cooperation with…
ACP need a good dose of reality
Dear Editor, it was good to see that the former Abbot of Glenstal Abbey Fr Mark Patrick Hederman OSB giving the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) a bit of a reality check at their recent meeting (IC 16/11/17). I was surprised, however, that the leadership of the ACP appeared to flatly reject Fr Hederman’s criticism…
Zimbabwe – an opportunity for change
The priority now has to be improving human rights and lifting millions of people out of extreme poverty, writes Seán Farrell Zimbabwe always struck me as a country struggling with how its past influenced the present. So many of my conversations in my two years working for Trócaire in the country revolved around the…