Government challenged to act on rural GP crisis Independent TD Mattie McGrath has challenged the Government for inaction which he said is resulting in the slow death of rural GP practice. Deputy McGrath has asked Health Minister Simon Harris to clarify the steps he’s taking to address the ongoing crisis in declining numbers of rural…
Staff reporter All the schools in Killarney will nominate a specific ‘Hugh O’Flaherty Day’ this September, when they will include an activity based on the Kerryman’s life in their daily schedule. Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty, who worked in Rome during the Second World War, is thought to have been responsible for saving as many as 6,500…
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has called for special collections at all Masses next weekend (July 22-23) to fund life-saving aid for people affected by the devastating hunger crisis in east-Africa. The money raised will be donated to Trócaire, the overseas development agency of the Irish Church, which is delivering emergency food, water and health…
Fr Aidan McGarth OFM has been chosen as the new provincial of the Irish Province of Franciscan friars after an election at Franciscan College, Gormanston in Co. Meath. Up to his election, Fr McGarth was General Secretary of the Franciscan Order in the General Curia in Rome. A native of Banbridge, Co. Down, he was…
The Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin is hosting what is believed to be the first Irish diocesan picnic next month, in an effort to reach out to all the families of the diocese and gather them together as a community. “The idea is that families from all over the 56 parishes would go to the…
Nine-day charity walk from Dublin to Knock The charity Mary’s Meals is planning a nine-day fundraising walk from Dublin to Knock next month. They have issued a call for people to join in the walk for an hour, a day or even the whole journey. The walk begins on Bank Holiday Monday, August 7 at…
A Dublin schoolgirl was among the tens of thousands who took to Dublin’s streets on Saturday for the annual Rally for Life. See pages 8 & 9. Photo: John McElroy
Passionist priest, Fr Gary Donegan CP, has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Ulster for his outstanding community work within Northern Ireland. Photo: Nigel McDowell/Ulster University
Participants from the Diocese of Elphin and the Parish of Kilnamanagh-Castleview (Dublin) who walked the Camino from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela, Spain led by Bishop Kevin Doran and Fr Michael Murphy Adm. Kilnamanagh-Castleview.
Fr Charles Lafferty SAC pictured with his parents, John and Joan Lafferty, and Bishop Donal McKeown following his ordination in St Mary’s Church, Ardmore in Derry last week.
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