The second annual Pope John Paul II Award, in Mallow Community Youth Centre, saw 62 young people from the Diocese of Cloyne, and one school in the Diocese of Cork & Ross, receive the award. The students were from St Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow; Patrician Academy, Mallow; Nagle Rice Secondary School, Doneraile; St Aloysius College,…

Galway City hosted a conference on ‘Marriage in Irish Society’ which was organised by a new group, Real Marriage. It focused on the issues posed by a redefinition of marriage, with the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage. Dr John Murray, of the Iona Institute, highlighted the differences between traditional and same-sex marriage. He pointed out…