An LVF-linked gang responsible for a sectarian attack on the new home of a nine-year-old disabled boy in Antrim has also carried out a series of attacks on properties. The gang, based in the Ballycraigy estate, has targeted several families in the area over recent days and weeks. It’s believed their aim is to drive…
Matt Letourneau Amid a shortage of Tusla special care beds, the Child Law Project (CLP) published 70 reports this Monday, detailing cases of horrifying situations for vulnerable children in State care. In one report, a High Court judge stated that it was only “by the grace of God” that these children are still alive. Special…
120 years of history came to an end at Carriglea outside Dungarvan on July 2, when the last nuns at the Le Bon Sauveur said their goodbyes to Dungarvan, the area that they had lived and worked in for 120 years. It was reported that the sister chapel was packed to capacity for a farewell…
The deadline for female lone-parent asylum seekers living in direct provision who received eviction letters was last Friday, July 5. Gráinne Kilcullen, Head of Programmes for ActionAid, told The Irish Catholic “there has been an ad hoc follow up approach by IPAS to the eviction notices.” She explained that some of the women being evicted…
Speaking to The Irish Catholic at the Rally for Life in Dublin, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan said politicians had opened the floodgates to abortion despite promising “repeatedly” that it would be “safe, legal and rare”. “Well I would say two things about that. They are not safe for the baby and they are certainly not rare.…
GAA legend Mickey Harte (72) stepped down as Derry senior football manager after just under a year it was announced on Monday. Mr Harte, who has long been open and outspoken about his Catholic Faith, was pictured just a few days before the announcement attending the Rally for Life in Dublin [pictured right]. While Derry…
Matt Letourneau This Thursday, Seanad Éireann will debate the new Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2024, introduced by Senator Rónán Mullen last week. According to Mr Mullen, “this Bill would require online providers of pornographic material to carry out strict age verification to ensure that U-18s cannot access their material.” The proposed…
Brandon Scott and Chai Brady Two Cork City Councillors have criticised a newly-elected Social Democrat Councillor’s motion calling for the removal of the crucifix in the chamber and the discontinuation of the prayer said before meetings. One Councillor described it as an orchestrated plan to get the mainstream media “whipped up” and “attack the…
The Poor Clares of Galway hailed the support they have received from the community during their anniversary commemoration this week marking 375 years since they received the iconic Nuns’ Island site. The then-called Galway Corporation handed over the site on July 10, 1649. This historic grant, made under the mayoralty of William Blake, has been…
The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) has set out its recommendations for the forthcoming budget as it expects calls for help this year to exceed 250,000 for the first time. Last year SVP recorded a quarter of a million calls and from January to June this year the number of calls are 5%…
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