Chairpersons from local Men’s Sheds from across Ireland say they are struggling to find funding and stay afloat. With help from the local community and the Church some have managed to continue but several have reportedly closed across Dublin and Cork, which could just be the tip of the iceberg according to organisers. This comes…
Matthew Carlson Although it is a bit of a stretch to associate religion with the success rates of the World Cup, one can’t help but wonder. Three of the four teams reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup come from predominantly Catholic countries. Although this isn’t really new, it’s no doubt that this World…
There was joy and relief as the news broke that divers in northern Thailand have rescued 12 boys and their football coach from flooded caves, 17 days after they got trapped underground. The plight of the group and the dangerous work to free them has gripped the world’s attention. Parishioners in Ireland were amongst those…
A leading homelessness charity has welcomed Fianna Fáil’s new bill that aims to ensure household loans can’t be sold to unregulated vulture funds, saying they “could be doing and could have done a lot more”. Founder of Focus Ireland, Sr Stan Kennedy, criticised the party’s abstention in December 2016 when the Government voted down the…
Thousands of people travelled to Stormont for the All Ireland Rally for Life in Belfast on July 7 to uphold laws in the north of Ireland “that protect unborn babies”. Northern Ireland’s Precious Life said the rally gave the people of Ireland an opportunity to send out a clear message to politicians that Ireland’s unborn…
A documentary which falsely accused an Irish missionary of child sexual abuse and fathering a child while in Kenya was the sole instance of irresponsible journalism by RTÉ cited by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at a New York event, Mr Varadkar has said. Speaking in the Dáil about his controversial comments, the Taoiseach said: “My only…
Prayer Book Launch from Knock Shrine A brand new Knock book of prayers will be available on July 14 at the Rest and Care Centre in Knock Shrine. The prayer book will feature new prayers from Fr Richard Gibbons, who has been the rector at Knock Shrine for over five years. Fr Gibbons draws on his own personal knowledge and…
Homelessness remains one of Ireland’s biggest challenges for asylum seekers and those trying to leave Direction Provision, a new study has revealed. The recently released Irish Refugee Council 2017 ‘Impact Report’ shows that out of 3000 people who were assisted on a wide variety of issues such as education access and policy and legal research,…
A prominent pro-life group has accused Health Minister Simon Harris of repeatedly raising the issue of creating exclusion zones outside abortion clinics for no other reason than to depict pro-life people in a poor light and to take the focus off the extreme abortion law that received Government approval yesterday. Commenting on the Minister’s repeated…
A Christian charity has welcomed the first conviction of a person attempting to pay for sex since the law changed in Northern Ireland. An Armagh man was sentenced to serve a three-month custodial sentence and ordered to pay £500 compensation directly to the victim today (July 6). According to CARE in Northern Ireland (Christian Action…
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