Airport priests have seen a decline in passengers and morale at Irish airports, but their optimism remains, writes Jason Osborne The aviation industry has been much reported as having taken a serious blow throughout the pandemic. Recent figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that there were 85,400 overseas passenger arrivals and 97,000 overseas…
France’s society for the protection of birds has issued a plea for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame to keep the original holes atop the edifice that were home to kestrels and other species for centuries before the cathedral was devastated by fire in 2019. Under current plans they could be removed, the Irish Independent reported. The…
The liturgy during the funeral Mass last week of a man with scores of criminal convictions was described as “disturbing” by the Prior of St Mary’s in Tallaght, Dublin. Fr Donal Roche was not celebrating the Requiem Mass for Dean Maguire (29), who died in a crash on the N7 two weeks ago, but was…
It is “disrespectful” and “biased propaganda” to demand the Religious Sisters of Charity award the land for the National Maternity Hospital to the State, the Editor-in-Chief of the Irish Journal of Medical Science has said. Dr Bill Tormey told The Irish Catholic that the “nuns would be ill-advised to award the land to the State”…
People with disabilities in developing countries are being left behind due to lockdown measures and pressure on healthcare due to the pandemic, an Irish charity have said. Christian Blind Mission (CBM) in Ireland was established in 2002. CBM International is a worldwide network of 10 organisations working in 53 countries. Speaking to The Irish Catholic,…
Ahead of the Church’s first Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, the patron of the Catholic Grandparents Association stressed the importance of close relationships between grandparents and grandchildren. “The value of someone who can help the young person to broaden their horizon and approach challenges from another angle is hugely important for the young,” Archbishop…
Focus Ireland has called for a review of rent limits for rent supplements to ensure vulnerable people are not “disproportionately bearing the brunt of the economic fall-out”. This comes as the maximum rent limits for rent supplement were last amended in 2016. Rents have continued to rise in the five years since then. Director of…
The 19-year-old Monaghan GAA player who was killed in a car accident was remembered as a “shining star”, shining on family and loved ones.
The British government’s decision to ban all Troubles-related criminal and civil actions as well as legacy inquests, has been described as “deeply disheartening” and a “betrayal of trust” by the Primate of All-Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh. He said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s comments in the House of Commons on Wednesday July 14,…
EXCLUSIVE The Government is hoping that a major diplomatic engagement with the Vatican can be the beginning of a new chapter in relations between Ireland and the Holy See. Minister for Europe Thomas Byrne told The Irish Catholic that the coalition is keen to work more closely with the Vatican in areas of mutual interest…
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