Category: Irish News

Pub helps parents mark Confirmations together

A Dublin pub has been helping parents come together to celebrate their child’s Confirmation this week by opening early and livestreaming the event. Due to the coronavirus some parents haven’t been able to attend Confirmation ceremonies, with only the sponsor being allowed in some churches. After being asked by the parents of children receiving Confirmation…

Anger over archbishop’s attendance at Muslim ceremony ‘misplaced’

An Irish expert in dialogue between Catholics and Muslims has said the protest and negativity regarding the Archbishop of Dublin’s attendance at a Muslim celebration at Croke Park is “misplaced”. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was met with screaming protestors outside Croke Park and has received criticism online for attending Eid al-Adha, one of two Islamic holidays…

Just one in ten GPs sign up for abortion

Jason Osborne Just 385 general practitioners have signed up to the Government’s controversial scheme to carry out abortions despite handsome financial rewards for doing so. This stands against a backdrop of 3,496 GPs currently practicing in Ireland, which makes the percentage of GPs who’ve signed up to perform abortion in the country 11.01% of the…

Pro-life campaigner slams ‘hypocrisy’ over twitter storm

Jason Osborne Pro-life campaigner and student Gavin Boyne (22) has criticised what he has described as inconsistent criticism of when people come under fire on social media. This comes in the wake of the recent controversy surrounding Senator Fintan Warfield, which saw a picture surface on social media of the Sinn Féin representative wearing speedos and…

OPW disavows responsibility for ancient Irish church

The Office of Public Works has rejected responsibility for the preservation of a pre-Anglo-Norman church and ancient stone crosses in south Dublin. Tully church and a number of ancient stone crosses date from between the 10th to the 13th Century, and the church is possibly of Hiberno-Norse design. In a response to a parliamentary question, Minister with…