TD Michael Healy-Rae has said there is “blatantly obvious” anti-Catholic bias in Government. The Kerry TD told The Irish Catholic that “governments present and past seem to be engaged in a continual downgrading of the Catholic religion”. Faithful unfairly “Of course there is anti-Catholic bias in Government – is that not blatantly obvious,” Mr Healy-Rae…
Politicians and homelessness activists tell Ruadhán Jones about the importance of recording homeless deaths In Dublin last year, the number of people dying in homelessness rose by 61%. In 2019, 49 people died in homelessness; in 2018 it was 47; in 2020, the number was 79, according to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE). Given…
Homelessness charities and politicians have criticised the Government’s inaction over homeless deaths, saying the State has ‘failed people in homelessness’. Deaths of people in homelessness rose by 61% in Dublin last year according to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE), but no statistics are recorded for other localities around Ireland. Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has…
Ireland’s ‘next Enya’ tells Ruadhán Jones how her faith and music have always been intertwined “I’m a true believer that God can accelerate our plans quicker than we can possibly imagine through prayer. He has raised my expectation of what he can do through me and my music,” says Victoria Johnston. She is as well…
Loreto College Crumlin are turning an acre of unused land into a “pocket forest” and biodiversity meadow with the help of staff, students and the local Loreto Sisters. The girl’s secondary school decided to start the biodiversity project last year to utilise a plot of unused land, deputy principal Matt Whelan told The Irish Catholic.…
Personal Profile In 50 years of missionary work in Zambia, Fr Michael Walsh CSSp. has seen the Church go from strength to strength. It is “unrecognisable” from the Church he first witnessed in 1971 when he arrived in the diocese of Monze after a spell as a missionary in Nigeria. Since then, the Church has…
Despite years of suffering due to war and terrorism, the people of Iraq continue to look to the future with hope, Pope Francis said
Primary and secondary schools partially reopened on Monday, with staff and students feeling a mix of “trepidation and excitement” at the return. “The mood among the principals is that, while there is a little bit of trepidation, there’s also a desire to get schools open and to get classes in and by teachers to get…
Communities fear the “devastation of rural Ireland”, as the Government has announced a fishing taskforce with decommissioning of fleets on the agenda, according to a Donegal-based priest. Fr John Joe Duffy told The Irish Catholic that his local community of Creeslough, Donegal, are “horrified” at the prospect of their ships being decommissioned. “They’re horrified to…
An EU Parliament resolution on Poland’s recent constitutional ban on abortions “exceeds the confidences conferred on it by the member states”, said Bishop Noel Treanor. The Down and Connor bishop, who is vice-president of the EU bishops conference, COMECE, was a signatory on a letter from the bishops to the EU criticising the resolution. While…