Bishop says some comments “misquoted or quoted out of context”
Mags Gargan
Families petition for ban on phrase ‘incompatible with life’
Four Irish families will travel to the UN in Geneva next week to launch a global campaign aiming to end the use of the term ‘incompatible with life’ and to seek better care for families whose children are diagnosed with a life-limiting disorder in the womb. Tracy Harkin from Cavan, Sarah Nugent from Laois, Grace…
Parish offers young people ‘faith on tap’
A new initiative in a Co. Tyrone parish is reaching out to people ‘where they are at’ by offering faith discussions in a local pub. Fr Ryan McAleer and Bosco McShane of the Siolta Retreat team launched ‘Faith on Tap’, based on the ‘Theology on Tap’ programme popular in the US, in McAleer’s pub in…
Battle to save Drogheda church intensifies as petition goes to Rome
A delegation representing the ‘Save our Dominican church’ campaign in Drogheda will present a petition of 22,000 signatures to the international headquarters of the Dominican order in Rome next month. Irish Dominican authorities announced in September that they were planning to withdraw from five communities across Ireland because of falling numbers and the ageing profile…
Uncovering Ireland’s first saint and scholar
Mags Gargan travels through the beautiful countryside of Co. Down following Saint Patrick’s Trail
Pills not best solution to all ills
It has been suggested that anti-anxiety medications are being too widely prescribed and too often used in Ireland, writes Mags Gargan
Failure to challenge media bias has done serious damage to public debate – PLC
The Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has said the reluctance of politicians and others to challenge media bias in recent years has done serious damage to public debate in Ireland. The PLC’s education officer, Dr Ruth Cullen made her remarks ahead of the public event on media bias which takes place outside the Dáil next Wednesday…
Needles on streets posing danger to public
Campaigner for the homeless Bro. Kevin Crowley has appealed to the Government to address the “appalling” problem of discarded syringes on city streets. Bro. Kevin, who runs the Capuchin Day Centre for the homeless, said Dublin’s streets are “littered with used needles. It is an absolute disgrace and poses a danger to the public, especially…
Same-sex referendum is ‘not about equality’
The same-sex marriage referendum is not about equality, but a radical change in the meaning of marriage, according to Bishop Kevin Doran. Speaking in Donaghmede parish in Dublin this week, the Bishop of Elphin said he was recently asked by a politician “what is so wrong about being nice to people who are equal to…
Kilmore diocese launches new website
The Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre has launched its new updated website, www.kilmoredpc.ieto mark the 10th anniversary of the centre’s official opening in Cavan. Bishop Leo O’Reilly welcomed the launch and expressed the hope that the new website “will be a source of hope and inspiration for those who use it as they journey in faith”.…